priorities

英 [praɪˈɒrɪtiz]

美 [praɪˈɔrətiz]

n.  优先事项; 最重要的事; 首要事情; 优先; 优先权; 重点; (车辆的)优先通行权
priority的复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 优先事项；最重要的事；当务之急
  If something is apriority, 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.
  1. Being a parent is her first priority...
     做好母亲是她的头等大事。
  2. The government's priority is to build more power plants...
     政府的首要任务是建造更多的发电站。
  3. Getting your priorities in order is a good way to not waste energy on meaningless pursuits.
     将事情按优先顺序排列能有效地避免把精力浪费在无意义的工作上。
• PHRASE 优先考虑；给…优先权
  If yougive priority tosomething or someone, you treat them as more important than anything or anyone else.
  1. The school will give priority to science, maths and modern languages...
     学校将重点发展理科、数学和现代语言。
  2. The proposals deserve support as they give priority to the needs of children.
     这些提议值得拥护，因为它们优先考虑了儿童的需求。
• PHRASE 优先于；比…重要
  If somethingtakes priorityorhas priority overother things, it is regarded as being more important than them and is dealt with first.
  1. The fight against inflation took priority over measures to combat the deepening recession...
     抵制通货膨胀比抑制日益加剧的经济衰退更为重要。
  2. I disagree with the premise that economic development has priority over the environment.
     我不赞成经济发展应优先于环境保护这个前提。

双语例句

• In speeches to the executive board, she has outlined her priorities as education and Africa.
  在对执委会发表的演说中，她勾勒出了她在教育和非洲方面的优先事项。
• The strategy proposes clear objectives and priorities, and estimates of funding needs in this area.
  该战略提出了明确的目标和重点，以及对该领域供资需求的估算。
• The president's budget request reflects the economic policy priorities and goals of the administration.
  总统对预算提出的要求反映出政府经济政策的倾向性和目标。
• It laid out fields for research and priorities for action.
  它划定了研究的范围和行动的重点。
• Identify application's higher-risk aspects, set priorities, and determine scope and limitations of tests.
  识别应用程序中高风险的方面，设置优先级和确定测试范围和局限性；
• Priorities enable you rank values, goals, standards, and resources in their order of importance to you.
  优先次序使价值观、目标、标准和资源能按其重要性进行排序。
• In our work we must distinguish our priorities.
  我们干工作要分清主次。
• Once you have your priorities in order, you can deal with them one at a time.
  一旦你排好了优先级，你就可以一个个来处理它们了。
• I re-enacted with her schedule, plan and set priorities, to plan her life.
  我和她一起重新制定了时间表，定了计划和优先级，去规划她的学习生活。
• It will be important that you have your priorities straight.
  你要径直的处理好优先任务，这是很重要的。