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penchant n.喜好(倾向) (1) 她爱吃印度食物。 Penchant borrows from French, in which penchant literally means inclined. It goes back to the Latin pendere, for hanging, which is also the source of pendant. In both French and English, speakers have long used the idea of inclination metaphorically: a hillside can be inclined in one direction or another, and so can a person's thoughts. But in English, penchant is only for desires.

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英 ['pɒ̃ʃɒ̃] 美 ['pentʃənt] (1) She has a penchant for Indian food. A penchant is a strong preference or tendency. If you have a penchant for pizza, you either eat it daily, or wish you did. 1[N-SING 单数名词]爱好；嗜好；偏好 If someone has a penchant for something, they have a special liking for it or a tendency to do it.   [N for n/-ing]  [FORMAL 正式]...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。

英语单词	penchant
英美音标	英 ['pɒ̃ʃɒ̃] 美 ['pentʃənt]
中文释义	n.喜好(倾向)
英语例句	(1) She has a penchant for Indian food.
中文例句	(1) 她爱吃印度食物。
vocabulary简明	A penchant is a strong preference or tendency. If you have a penchant for pizza, you either eat it daily, or wish you did.
vocabulary扩展	Penchant borrows from French, in which penchant literally means inclined. It goes back to the Latin pendere, for hanging, which is also the source of pendant. In both French and English, speakers have long used the idea of inclination metaphorically: a hillside can be inclined in one direction or another, and so can a person's thoughts. But in English, penchant is only for desires.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-SING 单数名词]爱好；嗜好；偏好 If someone has a penchant for something, they have a special liking for it or a tendency to do it. [N for n/-ing] [FORMAL 正式] ...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。

Penchant English 英 Pɒ̃ʃɒ̃] 美 Pentʃənt N.喜好(倾向 Indian Food