predilection

[美]/ˌpriːdɪˈlekʃn/
[英]/ˌpredlˈekʃn/
词频: 极高

释义

n. 偏爱,偏好,嗜好
词形变化

例句

have a predilection for opera

特别爱好歌剧

your predilection for pretty girls.

你对漂亮女孩的偏爱。

a strong predilection for anything French

偏爱一切法国事物的强烈偏见

a predilection for classical composers;

对古典音乐家的偏爱;

He has a predilection for rich food.

他偏好油腻的食物。

a child with a grown-up partiality for rare and expensive foods.See Synonyms at predilection

一个对稀少的昂贵食物的偏爱不断增长的孩子参见 predilection

bitterness that has warped your judgment. See also Synonyms at incline ,predilection

痛苦影响了你的判断 参见同义词 incline ,predilection

原声例句

Some have speculated that it appeals to Chinese people's predilection for categorization.

有人猜测这迎合了中国人对分类的偏好。

来源: Intermediate and advanced English short essay.

Predilection for sour mash doesn't make a man stupid.

男人爱喝酸麦芽威士忌又不等于傻。

来源: Ozark.

This predilection for pointed fangs is not, however, how it has always been.

但对尖牙的这种偏爱并非一直如此。

来源: The Economist (Summary)

Pachyrhynchus weevils have a predilection for laying their eggs inside the fruit of a mangrove-dwelling plant called the fish-poison tree.

球背象鼻虫偏好把它们的卵产在一种植物的果实中,这种植物被称为鱼毒树,它们生长于红树林中。

来源: The Economist (Summary)

Also, depending on what type you have, supposedly, that may kind of trigger or have a predilection on what mosquitoes favor.

另外据说根据你的血型,它可能会触发或符合蚊子的偏好。

来源: Connection Magazine

Fromthe first day of his rule Arcadio revealed his predilection for decrees.

从他统治的第一天起,阿卡蒂奥就表现出他对法令的偏爱。

来源: One Hundred Years of Solitude

Tommy murmured as the next verse began, hinting at the jumpy lady's further predilections.

汤米在下一节开始时喃喃自语, 暗示着这位神经质女士的进一步偏爱。

来源: The Night is Gentle (Part Two)

It is a wonderfully flexible system, but without a consistent rule of law, companies are prey to the predilections of bureaucrats.

这是一个美好的灵活的体制,但是没有一个始终如一的法律规章,公司只能根据官员的个人偏好来行事。

来源: The Economist - Comprehensive

And others, like wimple piranhas, have specific dietary predilections, almost exclusively going after other fish's scales.

而其他鱼,如头巾食人鱼, 则有特定的饮食偏好,几乎只吃其他鱼的鳞片。

来源: TED-Ed (video version)

They seem, however, to have some predilection for the latter.

然而, 他们似乎更偏爱后者。

来源: The Wealth of Nations (Part Two)

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