penchant

英 [ˈpɒ̃ʃɒ̃]

美 [ˈpentʃənt]

n.  爱好; 嗜爱

复数：penchants　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14723 / COCA.11438

牛津词典

noun

• 爱好；嗜爱
  a special liking for sth
  1. She has a penchant for champagne.
     她酷爱香槟酒。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 爱好；嗜好；偏好
  If someone has apenchant forsomething, they have a special liking for it or a tendency to do it.
  1. ...a stylish woman with a penchant for dark glasses...
     喜欢戴墨镜的时髦女子
  2. He had a penchant for playing jokes on people.
     他喜欢拿人开玩笑。

英英释义

noun

• a strong liking
  1. my own preference is for good literature
  2. the Irish have a penchant for blarney
  Synonym:preferencepredilectiontaste

双语例句

• It is widely believed that the Peugeot family tired of Mr Streiff's autocratic ways and penchant for confrontation.
  因此普遍认为斯特雷夫之所以下课是因为标致家族已经受够了他的独断和强硬作风。
• A penchant for exotic foods;
  对异国食物的嗜好；
• He could be time consuming with his penchant for anecdotes.
  他可以因为对轶事的爱好而浪费许多时间。
• Reno also has a penchant for gossiping and is a competent helicopter pilot.
  雷诺也有一个惯用的流言蜚语和是个称职的直升机驾驶员。
• For all his tomfoolery, the big cat does have a naughty streak and a penchant for eating sofas.
  在恩佐所有无聊的举动中，它有个十分淘气的爱好&吃沙发。
• Most emerging countries have a penchant for highly diversified conglomerates.
  大多数新兴国家倾向高度多样经营的企业。
• He was a heavily built man with a penchant for thick tweeds and British country style.
  他是一个壮实的人，喜好厚厚的花呢衣服和英国乡村风格。
• It's not surprising that Olympus has a penchant for attracting a greater degree of controversy than its competitors.
  不意外的，比起竞争者，Olympus有强烈倾向引起更多争议的角度。
• This film demonstrated his fine-tuned ear for working class dialects and penchant for deftly crafted plots centered in the criminal world.
  这部电影展示了他对工人阶级方言的高超模仿力以及对熟练剪辑以犯罪世界为中心的故事情节的强烈嗜好。
• Still, we're not convinced that this will revolutionize time management, but if you have a penchant for post-modern analog clocks, then maybe you'll appreciate it.
  我们不敢说它会带来时间管理上的彻底革命，但如果你对于后现代主义的指针式时钟有所嗜好，那也许你会很欣赏它。