英语词汇“penchant”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

penchant

释义

‖ penchant|pɑ̃ʃɑ̃|
[F. penchant, n. use of pres. pple. of pencher to slope, incline = Pr. pengar, penjar:—L. type *pendicāre from pendēre to hang.]
A (strong or habitual) inclination; a favourable bias, bent, liking.
1672Dryden Marr. à la Mode v. i, I have so great a tendre for your person, and such a penchant to do you service.1698Vanbrugh Prov. Wife ii. ii, He has a strange penchant to grow fond of me.1752Franklin Let. Wks. 1887 II. 259, I own I have too strong a penchant to the building of hypotheses.1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 215 She had a penchant for brown, and to brown I had a repugnance.1839Longfellow Hyperion iv. iv, The others showed a most decided penchant for the ancient Greek music.

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