跟我背CET4核心词汇:priority

　　priority

　　优先权,重点 right to have or do sth before others

　　优先考虑的事 thing that is more important than others

　　同义词

　　n. antecedence，antecedency，precedence，precedency

　　反义词

　　n. posteriority，subsequence，subsequentness

　　参考例句

　　1. Safety is not only a priority, it is a part of our value.

　　安全不仅仅是优先考虑的问题，它是我们价值的一部分。

　　2. Finding work that you love should be a priority in your career.

　　找到一份所热爱的工作是你职业生涯中的优先任务。

　　3. In multiprogramming, the environment in which high priority programs are executed.

　　在多道程序设计中，执行高优先级程序的环境。

　　双语释义

　　1.N-COUNT If something is a priority, it is the most important thing you have to do or deal with, or must be done or dealt with before everything else you have to do. 优先处理的事

　　例：Being a parent is her first priority.

　　做母亲是她的头等大事。

　　例：The governments priority is to build more power plants.

　　政府的当务之急是建造更多的发电厂。

　　2.PHRASE If you give priority to something or someone, you treat them as more important than anything or anyone else. 优先考虑

　　例：Women are more likely to give priority to child care and education policies.

　　女性更可能给孩子的照料和教育方案以优先考虑。

　　3.PHRASE If something takes priority or has priority over other things, it is regarded as being more important than them and is dealt with first. 有优先性

　　例：The fight against inflation took priority over measures to combat the deepening recession.

　　对抗通货膨胀的斗争比对抗日益加深的经济衰退措施更具优先性。

　　常见用法

　　用作名词

　　This is the key and should be given top priority.

　　这是关键，要放在第一位。

　　Efficiency does not always have priority.

　　效率不一定总是优先。

　　Improving the plight of teachers is indeed a priority item.

　　改善教师的困难处境的确是优先处理的一件事情。