penchant的意思

penchant

英式音标['pentʃənt]
美式英标[ˈpenʃɒŋ]

基本解释

n. 嗜好；倾向

中文词源

penchant 爱好，嗜好

来自拉丁语*pendicare,悬挂，依靠，倾向，来自pendere,悬挂，词源同pendant.引申词义爱好，嗜好。字母d脱落。

英文词源

penchant: penchant: see pendulum
penchant (n.): 1670s, from French penchant, noun use of present participle of Old French pencher "to incline," from Vulgar Latin *pendicare, a frequentative formed from Latin pendere "to hang" (see pendant (n.)).

实用例句

1. She has a penchant for champagne.: 她酷爱香槟酒。

2. She has a penchant for Indian food.: 她爱吃印度食物.

3. He had a penchant for playing jokes on people.: 他喜欢拿人开玩笑。

4. Despite her penchant for chitchat , Yvonne was no birdbrain, Martin discovered.: 马丁发现, 尽管伊冯非常喜欢瞎聊,可她并不是没头脑.

5. He seems to have a penchant for my children.: 他似乎很喜欢我的孩子们.

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