priority
英 [pra?'?r?t?]
美[pra?'?r?ti]
- n. 優先；優先權；[數] 優先次序；優先考慮的事
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詞態變化
復數:?priorities;
中文詞源
priority 優先權
來自prior,先前的，優先的，-ity,名詞后綴。引申詞義優先權。
英文詞源
- priority (n.)
- late 14c., "state of being earlier," from Old French priorite (14c.), from Medieval Latin prioritatem (nominative prioritas) "fact or condition of being prior," from Latin prior (see prior (adj.)). From c. 1400 as "precedence in right or rank." Wyclif (early 15c.) renders prioritas into (Middle) English as furtherhead.
雙語例句
- 1. Spain's top priority is the signing of an EMU treaty.
- 西班牙的當務之急是簽署《歐洲經濟和貨幣聯盟條約》。
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- 2. The government has pledged to give the promotion of democracy higher priority.
- 政府已經保證把促進民主擺在更重要的位置。
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- 3. Protection of sites, habitats and landscapes is of uppermost priority.
- 保護遺址、棲息地和風景區是重中之重。
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- 4. Priority will be given to those who apply early.
- 早申請者將獲優先考慮。
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- 5. The Labour Party has not made the issue a high priority.
- 工黨尚未將該問題列為優先考慮的事項。
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