penchant
英 [ˈpɒ̃ʃɒ̃]
美 [ˈpentʃənt]
n. 爱好; 嗜爱
复数:penchants
Collins.1 / BNC.14723 / COCA.11438
牛津词典
noun
- 爱好;嗜爱
a special liking for sth- She has a penchant for champagne.
她酷爱香槟酒。
- She has a penchant for champagne.
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.- ...a stylish woman with a penchant for dark glasses...
喜欢戴墨镜的时髦女子 - He had a penchant for playing jokes on people.
他喜欢拿人开玩笑。
- ...a stylish woman with a penchant for dark glasses...
英英释义
noun
- a strong liking
- my own preference is for good literature
- the Irish have a penchant for blarney
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - He has a penchant for loose women.
他有放纵女人的倾向。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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! - He had a penchant for playing jokes on people.
他喜欢拿人开玩笑。