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单词 predilection
释义
predilection
noun[C]
formal
uk
/ˌpriː.dɪˈlek.ʃən/us
/ˌpred.əlˈek.ʃən/
If someone has a predilection for something, they like it a lot:
偏爱，偏好
Ever since she was achild, she has had a predilectionforspicyfood.从孩提时起，她就偏好辛辣食物。
Synonyms
liking
penchant
preference
atasteforsomething
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Liking
  • adorkable
  • affection
  • appreciate
  • attached
  • be a glutton forsomethingidiom
  • be a hit withsomeoneidiom
  • dig
  • gravitate towards/tosomething/someone
  • grow onsomeone
  • have a lot of time forsomeoneidiom
  • have a thing aboutsomething/someoneidiom
  • lickyourlipsidiom
  • shook
  • smile
  • smile onsomething/someone
  • smitten
  • soft corner
  • taste
  • tight
  • warm
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(Definition ofpredilectionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

predilection| American Dictionary

predilection
noun[C]
us
/ˌpred·əlˈek·ʃən,ˌprid-/
astronglikingorpreference:
a predilection forspicyfoods
(Definition ofpredilectionfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpredilection

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It also requires us to revisit our approaches to childrearing when the child begins to demonstrate predilections or abilities in particular directions.
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Naturally, his decision reflects political and other considerations including personal biases and predilections.
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This elite combined scientific interests with antiquarianpredilectionfor collecting specimens and objects.
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The present results onpredilectionsites in naturally infected horses are comparable to those of other studies of experimentally infected animals.
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On the other hand, there is live music, often derived from rock, with itspredilectionfor stage performance.
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By the same token, however, one may argue that hispredilectionfor advocacy stands in the way of more objective analysis.
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Muddling through this century, however, we find that the 'conservation ethic' has often been eclipsed by apredilectionfor fancy 'conservation tools'.
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Given hispredilectionfor conceptual antinomies, which may itself be questioned, his style is polemical, interspersed with judicious judgements and much good, common sense.
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This work often starts with a recognizable type or types but then proceeds through design into a formalism specific to the site and personalpredilection.
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Sometimes reformist agendas or literary canons too were not clear-cut, and had fluctuating predilections.
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Even the "pure descriptivist" has a dogmaticpredilectionagainst making judgments.
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Thepredilectionfor some races, particularly those with broad facies has lead to the suggestion that differences in face shape are important.
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If so, are pupils now more creative as a result of this modernpredilectionfor 'creativity'?
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More sophisticated interpretations of narrative can allow individual, internalised and idiosyncratic predilections to take their place in a wider field of investigation.
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These 2 filarioid nematodes differ significantly in their transmission andpredilectionsite in the host, and in the diseases they cause.
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