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

• 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
• FOR a country with no particular predilection for fish, sushi is slowly but surely conquering Syria's capital, Damascus.
  虽然叙利亚人对鱼没有特殊的偏爱，寿司这种食物却正在逐渐入侵叙利亚的首都大马士革。
• 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？
• Eccrine poroma is a benign adnexal skin tumor seen in middle aged individuals with no sex predilection.
  汗孔瘤是发生于皮肤的良性附属器肿瘤，中年人多见，无性别倾向。
• 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。
• China legal sense has a predilection for public power and the relationship between public power and private power has the phenomenon of inversion, unreality, behaving at will.
  中国的法治意识土壤中存在公权力偏好，在公权力和私权利关系上存在倒置、虚化和随意化现象。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• Objective: Enunciating the characteristics of concrete blood flowing state and parameter in the predilection site of arteriosclerosis obliterans, and providing theoretical basis for deep study.
  目的：阐明动脉粥样硬化好发部位血液的具体流态和参数特点，为深入研究提供理论依据。