penchant
美 [?pen??nt] 
英 [?p???ɑ?n]
反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | ~ for sth 愛好；嗜愛a special liking for sth |
| She has a penchant for champagne. 她酷愛香檳酒。 |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
He was a wiry, red-haired man with piercing blue eyes and a penchant for grandiose schemes.
他瘦削結實，紅頭發，有一雙目光銳利的藍眼睛，愛搞宏偉的計劃。
Despite the cutthroat nature of the Indian media and its penchant for the sensational, the press has behaved as if it were in an older era.
盡管印度媒體天生殘忍，對轟動性新聞情有獨鐘，但新聞界的舉動似乎像是回到了舊時代。
Most alluring as. . . Gotta be Edward Cullen, with all that restrained passion and the penchant for melting glances.
最迷人角色…肯定是愛德華，那克制的激情和那遇冰即化的眼神。
And a new study shows that our penchant for the more vertically inclined might have an evolutionary basis.
一項新的研究表明，我們傾向于更筆直的這個嗜愛可能有一個逐漸形成的基礎。
"I don't mind that people think of me like that, " the 75-year-old man says of his penchant for dating younger woman.
“我不介意別人怎么想我”，75歲的老頭在聊到與年輕女子約會時如是說。
Ibrahim Rugova, the head of the shadow government, was a soft-spoken man with a penchant for wearing a scarf around his neck.
傀儡政府的領導人魯戈瓦說起話來聲音柔和，特別喜歡在項上戴一條圍巾。
My dad had a penchant for buying books. But there was a limited number of so-called "orthodox" books put in the bookcase.
我父親喜歡買書，但放在書架上的書有限，屬于“正統”一類；
He has no time for the theoretical economists' penchant for "efficient" balance sheets that lead companies to insolvency in recessions.
他對理論經濟學家對“高效”資產負債表的嗜好不感興趣，這種資產負債表導致企業在經濟衰退時喪失清償能力。
Naturally, not everyone among them is, but these peoples do seem to share a penchant for orderliness and punctuality.
當然，他們之中不是每個人都這樣，但秩序和守時卻似乎是這兩個民族的共同愛好。
A pirate and smuggler, Baba was an obnoxious miscreant with a penchant for fisticuffs.
作為海盜和走私者，巴巴喜歡動拳頭，是一個令人討厭的惡棍。
But Bryant's penchant for abandoning his man and chasing the ball on defense, could easily provide Miller with plenty of open shots.
但科比又喜歡放棄自己防守的人，轉而去對有球隊員進行防守，這會讓米勒很輕易地找到大量空位投籃的機會。
The last chapter, as is Coupland's penchant, was an index of different zeitgeist terms.
最后一章，按照庫普蘭寫書的習慣，只是不同的時代精神術語的收錄。
The FSF has a penchant for puns, and this one seemed appropriate, I suppose. The name predates my involvement.
自由軟件基金會對雙關語有強烈嗜好，而且我以為，這一個看來好象是相稱的。這一名字早在我參與之前就有。
They argue that mankind's prehistoric penchant for mammoth may have had a discernible effect on climate.
他們認為，人類在史前對猛犸象的獵殺或對氣候變遷造成了明確的影響。
Mrs Clinton's penchant for spicy food is reportedly so notorious that flight stewards bring jalapeno slices to her with every dish.
希拉里嗜辣眾所周知，在飛行途中，幾乎每一道菜都要乘務員給她加點墨西哥胡椒粉。
On the strength of his avowed penchant for philosophical thought, they decided that he was a genius.
憑借他自己透露的對哲學思想的強烈偏愛，評論家們斷定他是個天才。
His penchant for earmarks eventually led to political trouble as the process became increasingly unpopular with the public.
他總是插手指定款項用途，導致了政治麻煩，因公眾越來越不喜歡這樣的做法。
This urban center of the Mississippi culture had organized leadership, commerce and a penchant for mound-building.
這座密西西比河流域的文化中心曾經出現過井然有序的社會、繁榮的商業并修建堤壩。
During PGDBA, I developed a strong penchant for quantitative-oriented subjects like Portfolio theory, Derivatives and International Finance.
我對那里讀的涉及數學方法的課程很感興趣，如：最佳證券投資理論、金融衍生、國際金融。
But is our penchant for political pining expansive enough to encompass someone as seemingly irredeemable as, say, George W. Bush?
但是我們對政治渴望的這種嗜好已經膨脹過大足以囊括那些表面開空頭支票的人，比如說，小布什？
Kennedy's penchant for Churchillian stands distinguished him from many Congressional Democrats in the postwar era.
肯尼迪強烈傾向丘吉爾的立場觀點，這使他在戰后區別于許多國會里的民主黨議員。
The Viennese penchant for ensuring that their stomachs are well looked after is reflected in the great number of eating establishments.
維也納人有一種偏好：一定要照顧好自己的胃口。
Their Gifts are a byproduct of their penchant for visions and riddles, as well as outgrowths of their pursuit of non-lethal combat methods.
他們的奇能產生于他們對于想象和謎語的興趣，也來自于他們對不致人死地的戰斗方式的追求。
Henning Ludvigsen is Norwegian digital artist with a penchant for artistic creation and a love for all things fantasy.
HenningLudvigsen是一位挪威數碼藝術家，喜好藝術創新，熱愛各類奇幻事物。
It's up to you to discover what her ears have a penchant for.
這一切都需要你去探索她耳朵的嗜好。
His penchant for casual clothes, coupled with a buzz cut and a daily swimming regimen, make him seem 20 years younger.
他喜歡穿休閑服裝，剃一個板寸，每天游泳，這一切使他看上去比實際年齡年輕了20歲。
She added that the queen had a penchant for standing out from the crowd using a very simple but effective tool.
她強調，女皇有個明顯傾向，能夠用非常簡單而有效的方法，以吸引人群的注目。
One thing she certainly hasn't admitted to is, according to Morton at least, is an alleged penchant for married or attached men.
莫頓提到，有一件事情朱莉當然至今都不會承認，那就是她對已婚或有固定伴侶的人情有獨鐘。
Its ruling spirits combine a penchant for micro and industrial policies that destroy jobs with an espousal of deflationary macro policies.
它的主要理念一是偏愛損害就業的微觀經濟與產業政策，二是擁護通縮性宏觀經濟政策。
The appeal of the Duchess of Cambridge, a photogenic pin-up with a well-judged penchant for British designers.
自然是劍橋公爵夫人帶有明確喜好的上鏡率對英國設計師所產生的吸引力。
MF Global had a penchant for placing concentrated bets using unhealthy leverage levels supported by inadequate capital.
MFGlobal非常喜歡用由有限資本支撐的危險杠桿水平進行集中押注。
You may have a penchant for scrubbing your teeth with a stiff-bristle toothbrush; however, this habit can be tough on teeth and gums.
有些人喜歡用硬毛牙刷來刷牙，但這種習慣會損傷牙齒和牙齦。
The Juventus man has hinted at his penchant for the Azzurri, and his ambitions could be fulfilled.
尤文圖斯前鋒已經暗示他希望加盟意大利隊，他的雄心壯志將得到實現。
When Homo sapiens evolved on the African Savannah, the ones with a penchant for trying new horizons prospered.
當智人在非洲熱帶草原進化時，嗜愛并勇于探索新天地的一族獲得了空前的繁衍和繁榮。
So perhaps it's not surprising that Nicolas Sarkozy wants to export the French penchant for the good life to the rest of the world.
因此，法國總統尼古拉·薩科齊（NicolasSarkozy）希望將法國人民對美好生活的嗜好出口到世界其他地區，或許也就并不奇怪了。
For all his tomfoolery, the big cat does have a naughty streak and a penchant for eating sofas.
在恩佐所有無聊的舉動中，它有個十分淘氣的愛好——吃沙發。
Penchant for food and alcohol: Likely contributing to his obesity was Cleveland's love for rich food and beer.
戀食、嗜酒：克利夫蘭對豐盛食物和啤酒的熱愛可能導致他肥胖的罪魁禍。
Fans of courtly drama and political intrigue, and those with a penchant for dioramas are sure to have a good time.
宮廷事件和政治陰謀的粉絲，及那些對實景模擬有偏好的人一定會度過一段開心的時光。
He built his foundation on the promise of life-saving vaccines, reflecting his penchant toward finding technological solutions to problems.
他建立基金會，就是看中了救命疫苗的前景，這也反映了他利用科技解決問題的喜好。
Many foreigners are offended by the North American penchant for jumping in to fill any gaps in a conversation.
北美洲人愛在交談間隙中插話許多外國人對此感到不愉快。
