predilection

英 [ˌpriːdɪˈlekʃn]

美 [ˌpredlˈekʃn]

n.  喜爱; 偏爱; 钟爱

复数：predilections　

GRE

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.
  1. ...his predilection for fast cars and fast horses.
     他对跑车和骏马的偏爱

英英释义

noun

• a predisposition in favor of something
  1. a predilection for expensive cars
  2. his sexual preferences
  3. showed a Marxist orientation
  Synonym:preferenceorientation
• a strong liking
  1. my own preference is for good literature
  2. the Irish have a penchant for blarney
  Synonym:preferencepenchanttaste

双语例句

• 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。
• Predilection towards children is conniving them, which is adverse for their growth.
  回护孩子等于纵容孩子，这样做不利于孩子的成长。
• 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
• Analysis of Blood Flowing State and Parameter in the Predilection Site of Arteriosclerosis Obliterans
  动脉粥样硬化好发部位血液流态和参数分析
• Way to Compute Weight of Road Attribute in development of Intelligent Navigation Device Based on the Predilection of the Drivers
  基于驾驶员偏好的智能导航终端开发中的路网权值标定方法研究
• Although histologically benign, tufted angioma may be disfiguring because of the disease's potential for infinite proliferation and a predilection for the head and neck.
  虽然簇集样血管瘤病理学上属于良性肿瘤，临床上生长的部位和持续增生的特性，仍可能造成功能及外表的缺陷。
• The theory of human nature supposition is an analysis and classification of human predilection of psychological behavior.
  人性假设理论是对人的心理行为偏好的分析和归类。
• The predilection to blame business was manifest in one of President Barack Obama's recent speeches.
  在巴拉克奥巴马（BarackObama）总统最近的一次演讲中，人们可以清楚地看出这种指责商界的倾向。
• This would explain my predilection for rapini, since my mother serves it every Thanksgiving.
  这也许能解释为何我会对迷迭香情有独衷，这是因为我妈妈在每个感恩节都会做这道菜。
• 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。