predilection
英 [ˌpriːdɪˈlekʃn]
美 [ˌpredlˈekʃn]
n. 喜爱; 偏爱; 钟爱
BNC.18823 / COCA.18504
牛津词典
noun
- 喜爱;偏爱;钟爱
if you have a predilection for sth, you like it very much
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 爱好;偏爱;偏好
If you have apredilection forsomething, you have a strong liking for it.- ...his predilection for fast cars and fast horses.
他对跑车和骏马的偏爱
- ...his predilection for fast cars and fast horses.
英英释义
noun
- a predisposition in favor of something
- a predilection for expensive cars
- his sexual preferences
- showed a Marxist orientation
- a strong liking
- my own preference is for good literature
- the Irish have a penchant for blarney
双语例句
- The growing female predilection for wine seems at first glance like a harmless indulgence for harried mothers who deserve a break.
越来越多的女性开始偏爱葡萄酒,乍看之下这对过着紧绷生活的妈妈们来说是无伤大雅的放纵,她们放松一下是应该的。 - Is it reasonable, for example, to put a serious addiction like alcoholism in the same category as a predilection for cupcakes?
比如,将严重的上瘾(如酗酒)与喜欢吃纸杯蛋糕划归到同一类中是否合理? - An approach of diabetic foot ulcers nature and its predilection site
糖尿病足溃疡的性质及好发部位分析 - There is nothing rigid in this early Chinese work, because the predilection for undulating lines imparts a sense of movement to the whole picture.
这幅中国早期作品中丝毫没有生硬之处,因为画中特别喜欢使用起伏的线条,这就赋予了整个画面一种运动感。 - He was a supporter of recently passed legislation that would help the defence department lower acquisition costs, partly by clamping down on the military's predilection for-and industry's tendency to build-expensive gold-plated technology instead of buying existing, lower-cost alternatives.
最近通过的立法有助于国防部降低购置成本,他就是该立法的支持者。该立法部分打压了军队对昂贵镀金技术军工行业乐于为之的偏好,代之以购买现成的低成本替代品。 - This explained her predilection for chiffon scarves.
这说明了她偏爱薄绸围巾的原因。 - She also instilled in him her predilection for new and rarely performed works.
她还把自己对新作品和很少被表演的作品的偏好慢慢灌输给他。 - They did not find a similar linkage in girl, nor did they find that committing crimes had any impact on entrepreneurial predilection.
研究人员在女性青少年中没有发现类似的相关性,他们也没有发现犯罪对创业偏好有任何影响。 - The most common cell type is squamous cell carcinoma, although gastrointestinal metastasis has a higher predilection for large cell carcinoma.
细胞形态以鳞状细胞癌总数最多,但以大细胞癌的胃肠道转移倾向最高。 - Pencroft, naturally, had some predilection for the retreat which he had discovered, but he well understood that another must be found.
自然,潘克洛夫对自己找到的这个住所是有些偏爱的,可是他也知道必须另外找一个地方。