Wordiyopreferentially
🇬🇧 UK/,prefə'renʃəli/🇺🇸 US/,prefə'renʃəli/
C2
Definitions
adv.
In a way that gives preference or special advantage to someone or something
优先地；给予特殊待遇地
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.preferentially treated受到优待
- 2.preferentially allocated优先分配
- 3.preferentially selected优先筛选
- 4.[preferentially distributed]优先分发
Example Sentences
- 1.
The scholarship funds were preferentially allocated to students from low-income families.
- 2.
Some critics argued that the contracts were preferentially awarded to companies with political connections.
- 3.
The immune system preferentially targets cells that display abnormal surface proteins.