penchant
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++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
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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”pen·chant nounChineseSyllable
for something, have you if you a penchant Corpus
penchant
pen‧chant /ˈpɒnʃɒn, ˈpentʃənt $ ˈpentʃənt/
noun
a penchant for fast cars
pen‧chant /ˈpɒnʃɒn, ˈpentʃənt $ ˈpentʃənt/
noun Date: 1600-1700
Language: French
Origin: present participle of pencher 'to lean'
a/sb’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:Language: French
Origin: present participle of pencher 'to lean'