priority
noun OPAL W
/praɪˈɒrəti/
/praɪˈɔːrəti/
(plural priorities)
- [countable] something that you think is more important than other things and should be dealt with first
优先事项；最重要的事；首要事情 - a high/low priority
重点／非重点项目 - Education is a top priority.
教育是当务之急。 - Our first priority is to improve standards.
我们的头等大事是提高标准。 - National security is our main priority.
国家安全是我们的首要任务。 - Public sector reform is a key priority.
公共部门改革是一个关键的优先事项。 - Financial security was high on his list of priorities.
在他的心目中，金融安全是十分重要的一环。 - You need to get your priorities right (= decide what is important to you).
你需要把自己的事情分出轻重缓急。 - (North American English) You need to get your priorities straight.
你需要把个人事情的轻重缓急分清楚。 - The department must start setting priorities.
该部门必须开始设定优先级。
- Material possessions have always been a low priority for Mike.
对迈克来说，物质的追求一直都是次要的。 - To reduce stress you may have to rethink your priorities in life.
要减轻压力，你可能得重新考虑生活中的轻重缓急。 - Using the internet is one of the company's top strategic priorities.
使用因特网是该公司顶级的优先战略之一。 - We assign a high priority to research and development.
我们高度重视研究和开发。 - We need to place a higher priority on family and social issues.
我们需要优先考虑家庭和社会问题。 - You need to sort out your priorities before making a decision about the future.
对未来作出决定之前，你有必要分出主次。 - The development of a nuclear arsenal became a priority for Stalin.
发展核武库成为斯大林的首要任务。 - Each candidate repeatedly promised to make education a national priority.
每个候选人都一再承诺将教育作为国家的优先事项。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- main
- major
- …
- choose
- decide on
- determine
- …
- priority over
- a list of priorities
- order of priority
- place a high priority on something
- …
- a high/low priority
- [uncountable] the most important place among various things that have to be done or among a group of people
优先；优先权；重点 - Club members will be given priority.
俱乐部成员享有优先权。 - The search for a new vaccine will take priority over all other medical research.
研制新的疫苗将排在其他一切医学研究之前。 - A clean ocean must have priority over the profits of polluting industries.
清洁的海洋必须优先于污染行业的利润。 - Priority cases, such as homeless families, get dealt with first.
优先事项，比如无住房家庭的问题，得到优先处理。
- The bank seems to give priority to new customers.
这家银行似乎优先考虑新客户。 - The government is giving priority to school leavers in its job-creation programme.
在制订创造就业机会的计划时，政府优先考虑离校学生。 - Her family takes priority over her work.
她把家庭排在工作的前面。 - When hospital funds are being allocated children take priority.
分配医院经费的时候优先考虑儿童。 - List the tasks in order of priority.
按照轻重缓急的顺序把任务都列出来。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- main
- major
- …
- choose
- decide on
- determine
- …
- priority over
- a list of priorities
- order of priority
- place a high priority on something
- …
- Club members will be given priority.
- [uncountable] (British English) the right of a vehicle to go before other traffic at a particular place on a road
（车辆的）优先通行权 - Buses have priority at this junction.
在这个路口，公共汽车有优先通行权。
- Buses have priority at this junction.
词源late Middle English (denoting precedence in time or rank): from Old French priorite, from medieval Latin prioritas, from Latin prior ‘former’, related to prae ‘before’.