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

• He seems to have a penchant for my children.
  他似乎很喜欢我的孩子们。
• 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。
• But this may have more to do with the size and structure of the market and the American penchant for professionalism than with ownership.
  但相对于所有制，这一点或许与市场的规模和结构以及美国人对专业性的偏好更加有关。
• 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。
• As a painter, he showed a penchant for formal figures suddenly released from all constraints.
  作为一个画家，他癖好以一本正经的人物入画，表现他们猛然摆脱繁文缛节后的形象。
• A penchant for exotic foods;
  对异国食物的嗜好；
• Urban, young Chinese consumers told us that they have a penchant for showrooming.
  在中国城市中，年轻的消费者告诉我们，他们偏爱一种名为展厅现象（showrooming）的消费模式。
• 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。
• 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。
• Which makes sense, since many of my friends think of me as a comedic ( if womanly) painter, with a strong penchant for governmental interventionist fiscal policy.
  这样的结果也不无道理，因为我的很多朋友都认为我是有女性气质的幽默画家，同时又有强烈的财政政策政府干涉主义倾向。