predilection

英 [ˌpriːdɪˈlekʃn]

美 [ˌpredlˈekʃn]

n.  喜爱; 偏爱; 钟爱

复数：predilections　

GRE

BNC.18823 / COCA.18504

牛津词典

noun

• 喜爱；偏爱；钟爱
  if you have a predilection for sth, you like it very much

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 爱好；偏爱；偏好
  If you have apredilection forsomething, you have a strong liking for it.
  1. ...his predilection for fast cars and fast horses.
     他对跑车和骏马的偏爱

英英释义

noun

• a predisposition in favor of something
  1. a predilection for expensive cars
  2. his sexual preferences
  3. showed a Marxist orientation
  Synonym:preferenceorientation
• a strong liking
  1. my own preference is for good literature
  2. the Irish have a penchant for blarney
  Synonym:preferencepenchanttaste

双语例句

• FOR a country with no particular predilection for fish, sushi is slowly but surely conquering Syria's capital, Damascus.
  虽然叙利亚人对鱼没有特殊的偏爱，寿司这种食物却正在逐渐入侵叙利亚的首都大马士革。
• Is it reasonable, for example, to put a serious addiction like alcoholism in the same category as a predilection for cupcakes?
  比如，将严重的上瘾（如酗酒）与喜欢吃纸杯蛋糕划归到同一类中是否合理？
• The theory of human nature supposition is an analysis and classification of human predilection of psychological behavior.
  人性假设理论是对人的心理行为偏好的分析和归类。
• This anomaly can be solved only by reforming the Chinese banking system's consumption-depressing predilection for lending to build export capacity.
  要解决这种不正常局面，只有改革中国银行体系为出口产能的建设放贷、抑制消费的习惯。
• This film director has always had a predilection for gratuitous violence.
  这位电影导演一直偏好天生的暴力。
• Accompany Tunes with Good Poems& The analysis of the method for Song s people to sing poems; When present in the mediastinum, they can be located in all mediastinal compartments, with a predilection for the anterior mediastinum.
  著腔子唱好诗&宋人歌诗方法分析淋巴管瘤可以在纵膈腔任何部位发生，但好发于前纵膈腔。
• The predilection to blame business was manifest in one of President Barack Obama's recent speeches.
  在巴拉克奥巴马（BarackObama）总统最近的一次演讲中，人们可以清楚地看出这种指责商界的倾向。
• Way to Compute Weight of Road Attribute in development of Intelligent Navigation Device Based on the Predilection of the Drivers
  基于驾驶员偏好的智能导航终端开发中的路网权值标定方法研究
• Objective: Enunciating the characteristics of concrete blood flowing state and parameter in the predilection site of arteriosclerosis obliterans, and providing theoretical basis for deep study.
  目的：阐明动脉粥样硬化好发部位血液的具体流态和参数特点，为深入研究提供理论依据。
• Ever since she was a child, she has had a predilection for spicy food.
  从孩提时起，她就偏好香辣的食物。