记忆方法
将“penchant”拆分为“pen”和“chant”，想象自己用笔（pen）在一首歌（chant）旁写下自己特别的喜好，这样就能够记住“penchant”表示“特别的爱好或倾向”的含义。
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词族 · penchant
词形变化
中文词源
penchant 爱好，嗜好
来自拉丁语*pendicare,悬挂，依靠，倾向，来自pendere,悬挂，词源同pendant.引申词义爱好，嗜好。字母d脱落。
英语词源
- penchant
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penchant: see pendulum
- penchant (n.)
- 1670s, from French penchant, noun use of present participle of Old French pencher "to incline," from Vulgar Latin *pendicare, a frequentative formed from Latin pendere "to hang" (see pendant (n.)).
权威例句
- 1. She has a penchant for champagne.
- 她酷爱香槟酒。
- 2. She has a penchant for Indian food.
- 她爱吃印度食物.
- 3. He had a penchant for playing jokes on people.
- 他喜欢拿人开玩笑。
- 4. Despite her penchant for chitchat , Yvonne was no birdbrain, Martin discovered.
- 马丁发现, 尽管伊冯非常喜欢瞎聊,可她并不是没头脑.
- 5. He seems to have a penchant for my children.
- 他似乎很喜欢我的孩子们.