in preference to

基本解释

You should certainly use these in preference to the more verbose traditional means of accomplishing the same thing.
你当然应该优先使用这些，而不是传统的冗长的方式，来完成相同的任务。
A medium-priority thread might preempt the low-priority thread while it holds the lock and run in preference to the low-priority thread.
中等优先级线程可能抢占低优先级线程，同时持有锁并优先于低优先级线程运行。
With inventories still high in end-markets, exporters face continued pressure as buyers run down their existing stocks in preference to committing to new orders.
由于终端市场上的存货量仍然规模庞大，出口商面临着持续的压力—因为相比增加新的订单而言，买家们更倾向于减少他们的现有存货量。

So, according to the expectations theory augmented with liquidity preference-- This strongly upward-sloping term structure in 2003 would reflect two things.
所以,根据结合了流动性偏好的,预期理论,2003年期限结构中表现出的,强烈上扬趋势反映了两方面的因素
耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选
Of two pleasures, if there be one to which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it -- in other words, no outside, no independent standard -- then, that is the more desirable pleasure."
这两种快乐中，如果所有或几乎所有,两种都体验过的人，都更偏好其中一种，而且并不是出于任何道德责任-,换句话说，没有外界的，独立的标准影响-,那么该快乐就是更令人满意的“
耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Would you trust a doctor who is trying to help someone else in preference to you?
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The young scholars still carry books around, for instance, in preference to reading them.
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