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

• His most recent project, a family home in Oporto in Portugal, demonstrates this penchant with bold and colourful details inspired by Transformers.
  他最近的项目，一个家庭的家中，在葡萄牙波尔图，证明了这一倾向的大胆和色彩缤纷的细节启发变压器。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Yes, basketball superstar Dennis Rodman has a penchant for wearing nail polish, makeup, and ladies'undies.
  是的，篮球巨星丹尼斯·罗德曼有爱涂指甲油、化妆和穿女性内衣的癖好。
• 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。
• He seems to have a penchant for my children.
  他似乎很喜欢我的孩子们。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。