(adv.) more readily or willingly; 'clean it well, preferably with warm water'; 'I'd rather be in Philadelphia'; 'I'd sooner die than give up'.
乔安娜录入
双语例句
I take preferably not less than 5 parts by weight of pure boracic acid in crystals, and add thereto 1 part of pure phosphate of soda. 威廉K.戴维.智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
Subject this to violent agitation--preferably with the aid of a mechanical egg whisk--and allow the tincture of benzoin to fall into it the while drop by drop. 威廉K.戴维.智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
For receiving signals I locate in said circuit between the condensing surface and the ground a diaphragm sounder, which is preferably one of my electromotograph telephone receivers. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
His nature was such, she said, that he would bring me back into the city dead or alive should I persist in opposing him; preferably dead, she added. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.火星公主.
So men were forced to link themselves with others, preferably people stronger than themselves. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.