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

A penchant for exotic foods;
对异国食物的嗜好；
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。
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。
He seems to have a penchant for my children.
他似乎很喜欢我的孩子们。
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。
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。
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。
He had a penchant for playing jokes on people.
他喜欢拿人开玩笑。
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。
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。