| 单词 | penchant |
| 释义 | penchant (once / 5485 pages) n A penchant is a strong preference or tendency. If you have a penchant for pizza, you either eat it daily or wish you did. 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. WORD FAMILYpenchant: penchants USAGE EXAMPLESWilliams discovered his penchant for film study after his family moved from Atlanta to Folsom, Calif., after his high school freshman season. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) The best strategy depends on your age, income, penchant for spending, loan burden and interest rates. Seattle Times(Dec 24, 2016) He even explains his penchant for fast food in terms of what he imagines to be its cleanliness. Salon(Dec 23, 2016) n a strong liking the Irish have a penchant for blarney Syn|Hypo|Hyper predilection, preference, taste acquired taste a preference that is only acquired after considerable experience weaknessa penchant for something even though it might not be good for you liking a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment |
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