stated preference

基本解释

Some research has suggested that it is men, more than women, who yearn for marriage, but this may be merely a case of stated preference.
一些研究表明男性比女性更渴望结婚，但是这可能仅仅是一个指定性偏好的事实。
The raw material, in the matching process, is a mass of stated preference: your desire or intolerance for certain traits and characteristics.
在配对过程中这些素材是大量"指定偏好"的集合：你对某些特性和特质的欲望或偏执。
Whether that means it must therefore return to 39% in 2013 as now scheduled, Mr Obama’s stated preference, or whether it should be allowed to remain at 35% is unclear.
但是我们目前并不清楚，最高税率是会像奥巴马先生偏好的那样，按计划在2013年回归到39%，还是保持35%的水平不变。

The raw material, in the matching process, is a mass of stated preference: your desire or intolerance for certain traits and characteristics.
NEWYORKER: Looking for Someone
Some research has suggested that it is men, more than women, who yearn for marriage, but this may be merely a case of stated preference.
NEWYORKER: Looking for Someone
Popular culture has grown so inured to government proffered solutions for every perceived problem that people attribute any stated preference as seeking an imposition of state.
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