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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

    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • Most emerging countries have a penchant for highly diversified conglomerates.
      大多数新兴国家倾向高度多样经营的企业。
    • 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 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。
    • 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!