penchant

pen·chant /ˈpɒnʃɒn, ˈpentʃənt $ ˈpentʃənt/ noun

a/somebody’s penchant for something if you have a penchant for something, you like that thing very much and try to do it or have it often 一种/某人对某事物的嗜好[爱好]

a penchant for fast cars

对跑车的酷爱

Examples from the Corpus

penchant• His friendship with Fujimori gives him unusual access to a president with a tiny circle of advisers and a penchant for secrecy.• A hip-hop beat, more tattoos than a biker bar, and a penchant to take every shot.• Their defense played superbly, but they still showed an astonishing penchant for careless mistakes.• I miss her intellect, her passion, her courage and her penchant for mainlining our nerves.• He carried his penchant for secrecy to great lengths.• Otaka's penchant is for the post-Wagnerian Romantics, particularly Strauss, three of whose works he conducted.• These two raccoon-eyed psychos have lost none of their no-holds-barred energy or their penchant for writing catchy melodies.

Origin penchant

(1600-1700) French present participle of pencher “to lean”

词汇	penchant
释义	penchant pen·chant /ˈpɒnʃɒn, ˈpentʃənt $ ˈpentʃənt/ noun a/somebody’s penchant for something if you have a penchant for something, you like that thing very much and try to do it or have it often 一种/某人对某事物的嗜好[爱好] a penchant for fast cars 对跑车的酷爱 Examples from the Corpus penchant• His friendship with Fujimori gives him unusual access to a president with a tiny circle of advisers and a penchant for secrecy.• A hip-hop beat, more tattoos than a biker bar, and a penchant to take every shot.• Their defense played superbly, but they still showed an astonishing penchant for careless mistakes.• I miss her intellect, her passion, her courage and her penchant for mainlining our nerves.• He carried his penchant for secrecy to great lengths.• Otaka's penchant is for the post-Wagnerian Romantics, particularly Strauss, three of whose works he conducted.• These two raccoon-eyed psychos have lost none of their no-holds-barred energy or their penchant for writing catchy melodies. Origin penchant (1600-1700) French present participle of pencher “to lean”
随便看	a faint hope a faint hope/possibility/chance etc a faint possibility a fair amount a fair bit a fair crack of the whip a fair distance a fair number a fair size a fair size/amount/number/bit/distance etc a fallen woman a false dawn afar a faraway look a far cry from a far cry from something a far cry from sth a farewell to arms a-farewell-to-arms afars a fashionable dresser a fashionable/stylish/sloppy etc dresser a fast ball a fast/good/long etc ball a fast/slow etc walker 同声同声传译同声同气同声相应同声相应, 同气相求同声相应，同气相求同声翻译同好同姓同字同学同学会同学录同宗同室同室操戈同寅同寮同尽同居同屋同岁同州同工同工同酬