英 [ˈpɒnʃɒn] 美 [ˈpentʃənt]
n. 嗜好；倾向
penchant /ˈpɒŋʃɒŋ/
单数型名词 If someone has a penchant for something, they have a special liking for it or a tendency to do it. 特别的喜好
...a stylish woman with a penchant for dark glasses.
…一位对墨镜有特别喜好的时髦女子。
... disparate：从根本上不同的、无联系的 penchant：倾向、趣味 interventionist：干涉主义者 ...
... penal adj. 刑事的，受刑罚的 penchant n. 倾向；爱好 peerless 孙悟空因为peer 了有虐待penchant 的如来佛的个人隐私，被penal 拘留在五指 ...
... penalty(名)犯规的处罚、罚球 penchant(名)嗜好；强烈的倾向 peninsula(名)半岛 ...
... profitable 有利可图的 penchant 有倾向的 victory 征服 ...
Neither the human imitative instinct nor a penchant for fantasy by itself leads to an autonomous theater.
无论是人类的模仿本能，还是对幻想的嗜好本身，都不会单独成为独立的戏剧形式。
She has a penchant for champagne.
她酷爱香槟酒。
It is widely believed that the Peugeot family tired of Mr. Streiff's autocratic ways and penchant for confrontation.
人们普遍认为，标致家族厌倦了斯特雷夫先生专横的处事方式以及对抗倾向。
He has criticized what he sees as the excessive American penchant for foreign military intervention and over-ambitious efforts to re-make other countries as western-style democracies.
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And what better demonstrated Bill Clinton's "one more chance" style than his penchant for mulligans?
Bermuda's penchant for ship swallowing can be largely explained by its position in the Atlantic Ocean.
Mr Koizumi has a penchant for appointing private-sector folk to head up public institutions.