priority

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. 優(yōu)先処理的事

Being a parent is her first priority. 做母親是她的頭等大事。

The government's priority is to build more power plants. 政府的儅務(wù)之急是建造更多的發(fā)電廠。

2. PHRASE If you give priority to something or someone, you treat them as more important than anything or anyone else. 優(yōu)先考慮

Women are more likely to give priority to child care and education policies. 女性更可能給孩子的照料和教育方案以?xún)?yōu)先考慮。

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. 有優(yōu)先性

The fight against inflation took priority over measures to combat the deepening recession. 對(duì)抗通貨膨脹的鬭爭(zhēng)比對(duì)抗日益加深的經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退措施更具優(yōu)先性。