penchant
美 [ˈpenʃənt] 
英 [ˈpɒ̃ʃɑ̃n]
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1. | ~ for sth 爱好；嗜爱a special liking for sth |
| She has a penchant for champagne. 她酷爱香槟酒。 |
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He was a wiry, red-haired man with piercing blue eyes and a penchant for grandiose schemes.
他瘦削结实，红头发，有一双目光锐利的蓝眼睛，爱搞宏伟的计划。
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.
尽管印度媒体天生残忍，对轰动性新闻情有独钟，但新闻界的举动似乎像是回到了旧时代。
Most alluring as. . . Gotta be Edward Cullen, with all that restrained passion and the penchant for melting glances.
最迷人角色…肯定是爱德华，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.
一项新的研究表明，我们倾向于更笔直的这个嗜爱可能有一个逐渐形成的基础。
"I don't mind that people think of me like that, " the 75-year-old man says of his penchant for dating younger woman.
“我不介意别人怎么想我”，75岁的老头在聊到与年轻女子约会时如是说。
Ibrahim Rugova, the head of the shadow government, was a soft-spoken man with a penchant for wearing a scarf around his neck.
傀儡政府的领导人鲁戈瓦说起话来声音柔和，特别喜欢在项上戴一条围巾。
My dad had a penchant for buying books. But there was a limited number of so-called "orthodox" books put in the bookcase.
我父亲喜欢买书，但放在书架上的书有限，属于“正统”一类；
He has no time for the theoretical economists' penchant for "efficient" balance sheets that lead companies to insolvency in recessions.
他对理论经济学家对“高效”资产负债表的嗜好不感兴趣，这种资产负债表导致企业在经济衰退时丧失清偿能力。
Naturally, not everyone among them is, but these peoples do seem to share a penchant for orderliness and punctuality.
当然，他们之中不是每个人都这样，但秩序和守时却似乎是这两个民族的共同爱好。
A pirate and smuggler, Baba was an obnoxious miscreant with a penchant for fisticuffs.
作为海盗和走私者，巴巴喜欢动拳头，是一个令人讨厌的恶棍。
But Bryant's penchant for abandoning his man and chasing the ball on defense, could easily provide Miller with plenty of open shots.
但科比又喜欢放弃自己防守的人，转而去对有球队员进行防守，这会让米勒很轻易地找到大量空位投篮的机会。
The last chapter, as is Coupland's penchant, was an index of different zeitgeist terms.
最后一章，按照库普兰写书的习惯，只是不同的时代精神术语的收录。
The FSF has a penchant for puns, and this one seemed appropriate, I suppose. The name predates my involvement.
自由软件基金会对双关语有强烈嗜好，而且我以为，这一个看来好象是相称的。这一名字早在我参与之前就有。
They argue that mankind's prehistoric penchant for mammoth may have had a discernible effect on climate.
他们认为，人类在史前对猛犸象的猎杀或对气候变迁造成了明确的影响。
Mrs Clinton's penchant for spicy food is reportedly so notorious that flight stewards bring jalapeno slices to her with every dish.
希拉里嗜辣众所周知，在飞行途中，几乎每一道菜都要乘务员给她加点墨西哥胡椒粉。
On the strength of his avowed penchant for philosophical thought, they decided that he was a genius.
凭借他自己透露的对哲学思想的强烈偏爱，评论家们断定他是个天才。
His penchant for earmarks eventually led to political trouble as the process became increasingly unpopular with the public.
他总是插手指定款项用途，导致了政治麻烦，因公众越来越不喜欢这样的做法。
This urban center of the Mississippi culture had organized leadership, commerce and a penchant for mound-building.
这座密西西比河流域的文化中心曾经出现过井然有序的社会、繁荣的商业并修建堤坝。
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。
But is our penchant for political pining expansive enough to encompass someone as seemingly irredeemable as, say, George W. Bush?
但是我们对政治渴望的这种嗜好已经膨胀过大足以囊括那些表面开空头支票的人，比如说，小布什？
Kennedy's penchant for Churchillian stands distinguished him from many Congressional Democrats in the postwar era.
肯尼迪强烈倾向丘吉尔的立场观点，这使他在战后区别于许多国会里的民主党议员。
The Viennese penchant for ensuring that their stomachs are well looked after is reflected in the great number of eating establishments.
维也纳人有一种偏好：一定要照顾好自己的胃口。
Their Gifts are a byproduct of their penchant for visions and riddles, as well as outgrowths of their pursuit of non-lethal combat methods.
他们的奇能产生于他们对于想象和谜语的兴趣，也来自于他们对不致人死地的战斗方式的追求。
Henning Ludvigsen is Norwegian digital artist with a penchant for artistic creation and a love for all things fantasy.
HenningLudvigsen是一位挪威数码艺术家，喜好艺术创新，热爱各类奇幻事物。
It's up to you to discover what her ears have a penchant for.
这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.
他喜欢穿休闲服装，剃一个板寸，每天游泳，这一切使他看上去比实际年龄年轻了20岁。
She added that the queen had a penchant for standing out from the crowd using a very simple but effective tool.
她强调，女皇有个明显倾向，能够用非常简单而有效的方法，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.
莫顿提到，有一件事情朱莉当然至今都不会承认，那就是她对已婚或有固定伴侣的人情有独钟。
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爱损害就业的微观经济与产业政策，二是拥护通缩性宏观经济政策。
The appeal of the Duchess of Cambridge, a photogenic pin-up with a well-judged penchant for British designers.
自然是剑桥公爵夫人带有明确喜好的上镜率对英国设计师所产生的吸引力。
MF Global had a penchant for placing concentrated bets using unhealthy leverage levels supported by inadequate capital.
MFGlobal非常喜欢用由有限资本支撑的危险杠杆水平进行集中押注。
You may have a penchant for scrubbing your teeth with a stiff-bristle toothbrush; however, this habit can be tough on teeth and gums.
有些人喜欢用硬毛牙刷来刷牙，但这种习惯会损伤牙齿和牙龈。
The Juventus man has hinted at his penchant for the Azzurri, and his ambitions could be fulfilled.
尤文图斯前锋已经暗示他希望加盟意大利队，他的雄心壮志将得到实现。
When Homo sapiens evolved on the African Savannah, the ones with a penchant for trying new horizons prospered.
当智人在非洲热带草原进化时，嗜爱并勇于探索新天地的一族获得了空前的繁衍和繁荣。
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，法国总统尼古拉·萨科齐（NicolasSarkozy）希望将法国人民对美好生活的嗜好出口到世界其他地区，或许也就并不奇怪了。
For all his tomfoolery, the big cat does have a naughty streak and a penchant for eating sofas.
在恩佐所有无聊的举动中，它有个十分淘气的爱好——吃沙发。
Penchant for food and alcohol: Likely contributing to his obesity was Cleveland's love for rich food and beer.
恋食、嗜酒：克利夫兰对丰盛食物和啤酒的热爱可能导致他肥胖的罪魁祸。
Fans of courtly drama and political intrigue, and those with a penchant for dioramas are sure to have a good time.
宫廷事件和政治阴谋的粉丝，及那些对实景模拟有偏好的人一定会度过一段开心的时光。
He built his foundation on the promise of life-saving vaccines, reflecting his penchant toward finding technological solutions to problems.
他建立基金会，就是看中了救命疫苗的前景，这也反映了他利用科技解决问题的喜好。
Many foreigners are offended by the North American penchant for jumping in to fill any gaps in a conversation.
北美洲人爱在交谈间隙中插话许多外国人对此感到不愉快。
