形容词

1. Your idea is preferable to mine.
你的主意比我的更好。

1. 更可取的, 更好的, 更优越的：transit passage 过境通行 | preferable 更可取的, 更好的, 更优越的 | satellite mapping radar 卫星测绘雷达, 卫星遥摄雷达

2. 更好的,更可取的：practicable 行得通的 | preferable 更好的,更可取的 | preliminary 初步的,预备的

3. 可取的：preface 序言 | preferable 可取的 | preference curve 偏爱曲线

4. 更可取的：潜在的 potential | 更可取的 preferable | 最重要/首要的 principal

1. 更好的；更可取的；更合适的
If you say that one thing is preferable to another, you mean that it is more desirable or suitable.

e.g. A big earthquake a long way off is preferable to a smaller one nearby...
远处发生大地震总比在附近发生小地震好。
e.g. The hazards of the theatre seemed preferable to joining the family paint business...
经营剧院的风险似乎比加入家族涂料产业的风险要小一些。

adj

1. more desirable than another

e.g. coffee is preferable to tea
Danny's preferred name is `Dan'

Synonym: preferred