predilection

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpredilectionpre‧di‧lec‧tion /ˌpriːdɪˈlekʃən $ ˌpredlˈek-/ noun [countable] formalLIKE somebody OR something if you have a predilection for something, especially something unusual, you like it very much SYN likingpredilection for Mrs Lane’s predilection for gossipExamples from the Corpuspredilection• Lacking the certainty that arises from inner, mystic experience, we have a predilection to replace genuine knowledge with dogma.• He is a grammarian, a swordsman, a musician with a predilection for the fugue.• Petitioner certainly was not attempting to conceal or withhold from the Committee his own past political associations, predilections, and preferences.• In fact, there seems to be a general predilection of benign strictures for the left side of the colon.• Those who knew of his predilections often wondered why he had not become a botanist, an entomologist, a biologist.• Spark has always had the facility to be silkily suave as she goes about examining our predilection for worshipping false gods.• This supposition becomes more likely in light of Hamann's predilection for parables as the most appropriate genre for telling the truth.Origin predilection (1700-1800) French prédilection, from Medieval Latin praediligere “to love more, prefer”, from Latin diligere; → DILIGENT

单词	predilection
释义	predilection From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpredilectionpre‧di‧lec‧tion /ˌpriːdɪˈlekʃən $ ˌpredlˈek-/ noun [countable] formalLIKE somebody OR something if you have a predilection for something, especially something unusual, you like it very much SYN likingpredilection for Mrs Lane’s predilection for gossipExamples from the Corpuspredilection• Lacking the certainty that arises from inner, mystic experience, we have a predilection to replace genuine knowledge with dogma.• He is a grammarian, a swordsman, a musician with a predilection for the fugue.• Petitioner certainly was not attempting to conceal or withhold from the Committee his own past political associations, predilections, and preferences.• In fact, there seems to be a general predilection of benign strictures for the left side of the colon.• Those who knew of his predilections often wondered why he had not become a botanist, an entomologist, a biologist.• Spark has always had the facility to be silkily suave as she goes about examining our predilection for worshipping false gods.• This supposition becomes more likely in light of Hamann's predilection for parables as the most appropriate genre for telling the truth.Origin predilection (1700-1800) French prédilection, from Medieval Latin praediligere “to love more, prefer”, from Latin diligere; → DILIGENT
随便看	go so far/as far as to do something go some way towards doing go some way towards doing something go somebody’s way go sour go sour etc go south go spare go stag go steady go steady (with somebody) go steady with go stellar buy from buy in buy into buy into something buy limit order buy off buy off plan buy off-plan buy offplan buy order buy out buy out