1. | [c] 优先事项；最重要的事；首要事情something that you think is more important than other things and should be dealt with first |
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。 | |
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。 | |
You need to get your priorities straight . 你需要把个人事情的轻重缓急分清楚。 |
2. | [u] ~ (over sth) 优先；优先权；重点the most important place among various things that have to be done or among a group of people |
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。 | |
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。 |
3. | [u] （车辆的）优先通行权the right of a vehicle to go before other traffic at a particular place on a road |
Buses have priority at this junction. 在这个路口，公共汽车有优先通行权。 |
