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

• Like America, China can still display a penchant for unilateralism that undermines all its careful diplomacy.
  象美国，中国仍然显示出对美国单边主义可能破坏中国小心翼翼的外交的一个倾向。
• 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。
• His rubbery look, and penchant for wild and extreme behavior has given him a notoriety he delights in.
  他那似橡胶我眼神，以及对狂野和极至行为的酷爱，令他名声远扬，乐此不疲。
• He has a penchant for loose women.
  他有放纵女人的倾向。
• 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。
• That penchant for power and glory earned him powerful enemies at virtually every step of his ascendance.
  在他几乎每一步的崛起中，因对于权力和荣耀的度人之欲为他招致了强大的敌人。
• 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。
• India, like China, has a penchant for Soviet-style economic planning.
  与中国一样，印度也偏好苏联式的计划经济。
• They have an equal and opposite penchant for conspiracy theories.
  他们对于阴谋论有着程度相当、倾向相反的喜好。
• At last an answer to a question that has long puzzled bankers: what deals can you bring a billionaire with a penchant for infrastructure but who seemingly already has everything?
  你能给一位对基础设施有浓厚兴趣、但似乎已拥有一切的亿万富豪带来何种交易？这个问题困扰了银行家们很长时间，现在，它终于有了答案。