in preference to

My heart invariably cleaved to the master's, in preference to Catherine's side.

我的心情愿毫不更变地永远依附在主人身上, 而不是在凯瑟琳那边.

advocating one of them, in preference to the others, is irrational.

唯独支持这一个而抛弃其他便是不理性的

In fact, it would probably take a while for an outsider to develop a preference.

事实情况上, 外地人要过一段时间才能分辨出自己最喜欢哪座城市.

Roman Legionnaires were trained upon the thrust in preference to cutting attacks.

相对于劈砍攻击,罗马军团的士兵在训练时更侧重于刺杀.

I will usually choose teaching as my profession in preference to engineering.

我通常愿意挑选教书作为我的职业，其次才是工程。

I would usually choose apples in preference to pears.

我通常愿意选择苹果,其次才是梨.

But the circumstance was sufficient to lead him to select Tess in preference to the other pretty milkmaids when he wished to contemplate contiguous womankind.

但是这情形已经足以使他在希望观察身边这些女性时，选择苔丝而宁愿放弃别的漂亮女孩子了。

Many of these products were bought in preference to their own.

这些产品中有很多是因为认为自己的产品不佳才购进的。

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。

She chose to learn the violin in preference to the piano.

她愿学小提琴而不学钢琴.

Chosen in preference to another. The police have special powers to deal with this state of affairs.

比同类事物先被选到的。警方有权处理这类事态。

I'd choose the small car in preference to the larger one.

我宁可选择那辆小的汽车而不要那辆大的。

It indicates the necessity and practical significance of the re-search on preference treatment to developing country in GATS.

指出对GATS中发展中国家的特别优惠待遇予以研究的必要性和现实意义。

Promoting the use of aluminum containers in preference to others might actually conserve resources.

提倡优先使用铝容器,实际上可以节约资源.

You can also employ tables to add color a page in preference to slow loading graphics.

你可以利用表格填充网页颜色,这样比下载速度慢的图片更好.

Our main conclusion justifies the monopoly's preference to the procurement business mode upon sale-right auction mode, while efficiency may be scarified in this mode.

这一结论为垄断者更加偏好采购式的运营模式而不是经营权拍卖模式提供了理由，尽管在这种情形下效率往往受到损失。

Application designers: create entertainment UIs that provide a pleasant experience in preference to an efficient one.

应用设计者: 生成娱乐UI, 提供令人愉快的体验,效率是次要的.

She was chosen in preference to her sister.

她被选中了，而不是她妹妹。

However, if this is too restrictive for the message flow developer, then they can uncheck this preference setting to allow unrestricted grammar appropriate for input in a specific field type.

但是，如果这对于消息流开发人员来说限制太多，那么他们可以取消该首选项设置，以支持适合输入特定字段类型的无限制语法。

Third, the choice of a specific preposition in preference to another is dictated by meaning. This is represented by the particular construal the speaker imposes on the object or complement.

再次，一特定介词的选择是由意义决定的，且由说话者对其宾语或补足语的特定识解来表征。

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。

At the situation that the efficacy conflicts between the part owner and the tenant, the preemption right of the part owner in preference to the pre-emptive right of renter.

在共有人先买权与承租人先买权发生冲突的情形下，共有人先买权的效力优先于承租人先买权的效力。

Rule of Economy: Programmer time is expensive; conserve it in preference to machine time.

节约原则: 编程的时间非常宝贵; 把它保留下来给机器.

The reason why these particular forms are used in preference to others are outlined below.

为什么采用这些特殊的形状而不采用其他形状的理由说明如下.

You can also employ tables to add color to a page in preference to slow loading graphics.

你可以利用表格填充网页颜色，这样比下载速度慢的图片更好。

The teacher urges the students to use English-English dictionaries in preference to English-Chinese dictionaries.

老师让学生多用英英字典，而不要总用英汉字典。

Accordingly, despite strong competition from France, passengers still choose the Cunard line in preference to all others,

因此，尽管法国竭力要抢它的生意，但是乘客们都一致愿意搭苟纳尔公司的船，

The net effect is that P2 priority threads run in preference to the P1 thread which is not what the specification requires.

实际看到的效果是P2优先级的线程要优先于P1线程，而这并不是规范里要求的。

He studied chemistry in preference to physics at university.

在大学里他更喜欢修化学而非物理。

I would usually choose teaching as my profession in preference to engineering.

我通常愿意挑选教书作为我的职业,其次才是工程.