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单词 preferment
释义 pre·fer·ment
\prēˈfərmənt, prə̇-, -fə̄m-, sometimes ˈprefə(r)m-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English preferrement, from preferren to prefer + -ment
1.
 a. : advancement or promotion in dignity, office, or station
  < he could see lesser musicians receiving preferment, and it galled him — Howard Taubman >
 b. : a position or office of honor or profit
2. obsolete : an act of preference or choice
3. : priority or seniority in right especially to receive payment or to purchase property on equal terms with others
4. : the act of making, bringing, or laying
 < feared that preferment of charges would quickly follow discovery >
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