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

• This film demonstrated his fine-tuned ear for working class dialects and penchant for deftly crafted plots centered in the criminal world.
  这部电影展示了他对工人阶级方言的高超模仿力以及对熟练剪辑以犯罪世界为中心的故事情节的强烈嗜好。
• 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。
• It was this performance, not his penchant for haiku poetry, that impressed other EU leaders.
  正是这一表现（而非他对俳句的热爱），给其他欧盟领导人留下了深刻印象。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。