in preference to

After six days she was fixing her gaze on her mother's face (in preference to mine) and opening her mouth to help her nurses clean it.

六天后，她能盯著母亲的面孔看（对我的面孔就不那麽有兴趣了），并能张开嘴，方便护士为她清洁口腔。

He must be taught that these laws are a natural part of his true self which for aeons he has relinquished in preference to man made laws.

他必须被教导这些律法是他真实自我的一个自然部分，亿万年来他以人造律法为优先，而背离上帝之律法。

According to the request of the company director, management had been given priority in preference to profitable or productive work.

根据公司董事长的请求，相比生产工作，管理工作优先考虑。

Team captains may also be able to substitute problem players in preference to them defaulting some or all of their games.

此外，队长还可以在队员受到比赛处罚时进行更换。

He was appointed successor to his father in preference to his eldest half-brother, who were born before Darius had become king.

他优先于他那生于大流士之前，同父异母的哥哥，被父亲指定为继承人，成为了国王。

I should choose this in preference to any other.

我宁愿选择这个而不要其他的。

Pamela uses the True Moon Nodes in preference to the Mean Moon Nodes in her calculations.

相对于平均月球交点，帕梅拉在她的计算中优先使用的是真实月球交点。

These activities are to be enjoyed equally with exercise, just not chosen in preference to activity.

这些活动和锻炼享有同样的乐趣，不要偏向活动，不要随个人偏好作选择。

Indicating temperature transmitters shall be used in preference to temperature gauges.

现场温度计优先考虑使用带指示的温度变送器。

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。

The inhabitants, apparently Neanderthals, selectively used pine for heating in preference to more available types of wood.

棚屋居民很显然是尼安德特人，他们选择性地使用松木取暖，而不使用其他更易采集的木材。

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。

primary runway: Runway(s) used in preference to others whenever conditions permit.

主跑道：只要条件允许就优先使用的跑道。

A medium-priority thread might preempt the low-priority thread while it holds the lock and run in preference to the low-priority thread.

中等优先级线程可能抢占低优先级线程，同时持有锁并优先于低优先级线程运行。

Are interface classes used in preference to abstract classes?

正确的使用interface和抽象类。

The reason why these particular forms are used in preference to others are outlined below.

为什么采用这些特殊的形状而不采用其他形状的理由说明如下。

Use the IsNot keyword in preference to Not. Is Nothing.

优先使用IsNot关键字，而不是Not.IsNothing。

Modern information bodies use computerized retrieval systems in preference to ( instead of ) card indexes; that's where it's at.

当代情报机构不再用卡片索引，而是用计算机检索系统，这是合乎时宜的。

A person who advocates peace, conciliation, or negotiation in preference to confrontation or armed conflict.

鸽派人物主张和平调解或谈判而不主张对立或武装冲突的人

Promoting the use of aluminum containers in preference to others might actually conserve resources.

提倡优先使用铝容器，实际上可以节约资源。