单词	penchant
释义	penchantpen‧chant /ˈpɒnʃɒn, ˈpentʃənt $ ˈpentʃənt/ noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINpenchant Origin: 1600-1700 French present participle of pencher ‘to lean’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A hip-hop beat, more tattoos than a biker bar, and a penchant to take every shot. He carried his penchant for secrecy to great lengths. His friendship with Fujimori gives him unusual access to a president with a tiny circle of advisers and a penchant for secrecy. I miss her intellect, her passion, her courage and her penchant for mainlining our nerves. Otaka's penchant is for the post-Wagnerian Romantics, particularly Strauss, three of whose works he conducted. Their defense played superbly, but they still showed an astonishing penchant for careless mistakes. These two raccoon-eyed psychos have lost none of their no-holds-barred energy or their penchant for writing catchy melodies. 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:  a penchant for fast cars
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