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penchant

英 [ˈpɒ̃ʃɒ̃]

美 [ˈpentʃənt]

n.  爱好; 嗜爱

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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

    双语例句

    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • He has a penchant for loose women.
      他有放纵女人的倾向。
    • 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。