penchant

英 [ˈpɒ̃ʃɒ̃]

美 [ˈpentʃənt]

n. 爱好; 嗜爱

复数：penchants　

TOEFL GRE

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

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。
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。
He seems to have a penchant for my children.
他似乎很喜欢我的孩子们。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
A penchant for exotic foods; Waiter! There's a foreign body in my soup!
对异国食物的嗜好；服务员！我的汤里有异物！
During PGDBA, I developed a strong penchant for quantitative-oriented subjects like Portfolio theory, Derivatives and International Finance.
我对那里读的涉及数学方法的课程很感兴趣，如：最佳证券投资理论、金融衍生、国际金融。