Roman Legionnaires were trained upon the thrust in preference to cutting attacks.

Application designers: create entertainment UIs that provide a pleasant experience in preference to an efficient one.

应用设计者: 生成娱乐UI, 提供令人愉快的体验,效率是次要的.

She chose to learn the violin in preference to the piano.

她愿学小提琴而不学钢琴.

I would usually choose teaching as my profession in preference to engineering.

我通常愿意挑选教书作为我的职业,其次才是工程.

I would usually choose apples in preference to pears.

我通常愿意选择苹果,其次才是梨.

He packed his bags in preparation for the journey.

他打好提包,为旅行作准备.

They rolled the rocket out onto the pad in preparation for launch.

他们将火箭滚出至发射台,准备发射.

They've sold their house and car in preparation for leaving the country.

他们卖掉了房子和汽车准备出国.

In preparation for the market launch, article also gives a positive suggestion.

在市场启动准备方面, 文章也给出了积极的建议.

Communications departments should job in preparation for repair of communications.

通信部门要做好通讯抢修准备.

Readings on Materials in preparation for the trip to the tile shop.

阅读准备去花砖店的相关资料.

Explain the APQP elements required in preparation for manufacturing.

解释在准备生产过程中APQP各要素的要求。

Therefore, their actions are in preparation for the invasion of China.

所以他们的一举一动都是在为侵略中国做准备.

The farmer plowed field in preparation for planting corn.

农夫梨田,准备种植玉米.

Rub the surface of the wood in preparation for the varnish.

打磨木头的表面，为刷清漆做准备。

Beijing is in preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games.

北京正在为2008年奥运会做准备.

They are buying new camping equipment in preparation for our trip.

他们将会购买新的宿营设备,以备旅行时使用.

Her idea is sound in principle.

从原则上来说,她的观点是正确的.

A single base might in principle suffice for computation.

在原理上用一条基线就能满足计算的要求.

In principle, the higher the steam pressure, the higher the water could be pumped.

从原理上来讲, 蒸汽压越高, 水就能够抽得越高.

Figure 3 illustrates in principle a vertical pendulum and a horizontal pendulum of the simplest kind.

图3说明了最简单的竖直摆和水平摆的原理.