It was a preference for naturalness and simplicity that separated the Taoists from the Confucians.
正是对自然和质朴的偏爱把道家人士从儒家人士中区分开。
The Pentagon has said it will give preference to companies with which it can do business electronically.
五角大楼已经宣布它将优先考虑能与之进行电子交易的公司。
In cases like that, does the preference matter?
在这种情况下，偏好是否重要？
Acanthasters show a preference for branching corals.
刺冠海星更偏好分枝的珊瑚。
Does Lucy have a preference for a particular colour?
露西有偏爱哪种特定的颜色吗？
So let's look at the effect this preference can have by looking at some examples.
让我们通过一些例子来看看这个偏好会有什么影响。
Even the self identified auditory learners, their preference didn't seem to matter.
即使是自我认同的听觉学习者，他们的偏好似乎也无关紧要。
One of the stumbling blocks in the Doha round, for example, was "preference erosion".
举个例子，阻碍多哈会议进程的一个绊脚石就是“优惠侵蚀”。
The preference for opening an eye on the lookout side could be widespread, he predicts.
他预测，这种睁着一只眼睛观望的偏好可能会很普遍。
Taste is such a subjective matter that we don't usually conduct preference tests for food.
味觉是一个主观因素，我们通常不会以食物为对象进行偏好测试。
Regardless of your stated preference, if you're ready to quit, quitting abruptly is more effective.
无论偏好如何，如果准备戒烟，当机立断是最有效的方法。
Under the alternative vote system, voters would be invited to rank candidates on the ballot in order of preference.
采用选择投票制，选民可在选票上根据喜好程度为候选人排序。
People develop the preference for a particular style of learning at an early age and these preferences affect learning.
人们在很小的时候就形成了对某种学习方式的偏好，这些偏好会影响学习。
This demonstrates that blindness is not limited to recent preference selections, but can also occur for intensity and frequency.
这表明，盲目性并不局限于最近的偏好选择，也可能发生在强度和频率上。
In one area, it made painstaking efforts to quantify fertility preference to derive figures for planned and unplanned pregnancies.
在一个领域，它付出了艰苦的努力来量化生育偏好，以得出计划生育和非计划生育的数据。
In some animals, lateralisation is simply a preference for a single paw or foot, while in others it appears in more general patterns of behaviour.
在一些动物中，侧化只是对单爪或单脚的偏好，而在另一些动物中，则表现为更普遍的行为模式。
The original preference for black was changed in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, as such colors as red, violet and purple came into fashion.
最初对黑色的偏好在十三、十四世纪改变了，因为红色、紫罗兰色和紫色开始流行。
He has demonstrated a strong preference for being shod in running shoes.
他给人的感觉是特别偏爱穿跑步鞋。
Captain curled up near Dickon, who sat on the hearth-rug from preference.
船长蜷缩在狄肯身边，狄肯喜欢坐在壁炉前的地毯上。
I hope you can give preference to my application and give me a chance to prove my ability.
我希望你能优先考虑我的申请，并给我一个机会证明我能力。
Kids with a preference for the arts have a greater chance of finding employment in the future.
喜欢艺术的孩子在未来更有机会找到工作。
Teaching children to grow their own produce is a great way to increase their preference for the produce.
教孩子们种植属于他们自己的农产品是提高他们对农产品的偏好的一个很好的方法。
Increases in the number of sucks were used as an indicator of the infant's attention to or preference for a given visual display.
吮吸次数的增加表明婴儿注意到或是喜爱眼前出现的物品。
The contest is open to everyone, but preference is given to authors living in the Eau Claire, Menomonie, and the Chippewa Falls region.
这场比赛对所有人开放，但住在欧克莱尔、梅诺莫尼和齐佩瓦瀑布地区的作家可以优先。
An overview of some research into lateralisation: the dominance of one side of the body over the other creatures across the animal kingdom have a preference for one foot, eye or even antenna.
有关侧化的一些研究的概述：在动物界中，身体一侧对其他生物的支配通常是由一只脚、一只眼睛，甚至是一根触角来完成的。
Perfection is subjectified as willful preference or experience.
尽善尽美被主观化为任意的偏爱或经验。
The females showed a clear preference.
雌鼠们表现出明显的偏好。
Voters rank the candidates in order of preference.
选民按喜好由高到低排列候选人。
Voters rank the candidates in order of preference.
选民按喜好由高到低排列候选人。
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