美 
											['prefrəns]
																
										
							liking for one thing rather than another
special favour or consideration shown to a person
																																	"my own preference is for good literature"
																							"the Irish have a penchant for blarney"
																															
																																	"a predilection for expensive cars"
																							"his sexual preferences"
																							"showed a Marxist orientation"
																															
																																	"given my druthers, I'd eat cake"
																															
He was somewhat surprised by my preference for some prayers and indifference to others.
出自: J. Kosinski