She was chosen in preference to her sister.

她被选中了，而不是她妹妹。

《牛津词典》

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。

youdao

Even there, English was often chosen as the medium of education in preference to the inhabitants' mother tongues.

即便在那里，他们也更青睐于选英语作为教育的语言，而不是他们的母语。

youdao

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?

FORBES: "Do No Harm" -- To Patients Or To Populations?

Of those responding 96% said they would use Manston in preference to other airports.

BBC: New twice-daily flights from Manston to Amsterdam

The young scholars still carry books around, for instance, in preference to reading them.

NEWYORKER: High School Musical 3: Senior Year