优先

• 拼音: yōu xiān
• 汉字拆解: 优 = 亻 + 尤, excellent/superior; 先 = pictograph of a person walking ahead

含义

To prioritize; to give priority to. Placing something or someone first in importance or order.

Used in formal and everyday contexts to indicate that something should come first. Common collocations include 优先考虑 (give priority consideration), 优先权 (priority right), and 优先处理 (handle with priority). Can function as both verb and adverb.

例句

1. 公司招聘时会优先考虑有经验的应聘者。
2. 这项工作很紧急，必须优先处理。
3. 老人和孕妇上车时可以优先入座。

用法指南

语境: workplace, policy, everyday

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 这件事要优先处理。(This matter needs to be handled with priority.)
• 我们应该优先考虑客户的需求。(We should prioritize customer needs.)

错误说法

• 我优先了他 (Cannot use 优先 as a transitive verb with a person object — say 给他优先权 or 让他优先)

起源与历史

Compound of 优 (excellent, superior) and 先 (first, ahead). Together they mean 'to place first' or 'superior precedence.'

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal