preferably
adv. 更可取地,更好地,寧可
If you say that one thing is preferable to another, you mean that it is more desirable or suitable.
A big earthquake a long way off is preferable to a smaller one nearby...
遠處發生大地震總比在附近發生小地震好。
The hazards of the theatre seemed preferable to joining the family paint business...
經營劇院的風險似乎比加入家族塗料產業的風險要小一些。
1. more readily or willingly;
The best treatment is antibiotics, preferably by injection.
最佳的治療方法是使用抗生素, 能夠注射就更好.
You may come, preferably, in the morning.
你還是早晨來更好.
The sensitizer is preferably encapulsated in quite small capsules of a solid.
最好是將敏化劑包裹在十分小的固體包覆層中.
They want to buy a new house, near the sea preferably.
他們要購買一所新房子, 最好在海邊.
I might travel by York or preferably by Preston.
我想旅途中經過約克,但最好是經過普雷斯頓.