protection baby-g玫瑰金(predilection偏愛喜愛)
2023-10-10 03:19:23
Word of the Day: April 1, 2022
predilection
偏愛;喜愛;鍾愛
noun pred-uh-LEK-shun [ˌpred(ə)lˈekʃ(ə)n]
What It Means
Predilection is "a natural liking for something" or "a tendency to do or to be attracted to something."
Predilection 是「喜好某事」或「被某事吸引」。
PREDILECTION in Context
"Full disclosure and some readers may have gleaned this from my predilection for noise and peppered references to tinnitus—I spent more of my formative years in mosh pits than in concert halls. Thus, it only makes sense that I love a power trio." — Michael Andor Brodeur, The Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2022
一些聽眾可能已經了解到我偏愛噪音和重度失真聲——我在重金屬音樂比在音樂廳中度過的歲月更多。我更喜歡強力三重音。
The restaurant's chef has a predilection for creating spicy new dishes.
餐廳的廚師偏好做新的辣料理。
Did You Know?
Predilection comes from French prediléction and Latin praediligere, meaning "to love more" or "to prefer." In Latin, diligere means "to love.
Predilection 來自於法語 prediléction 和拉丁語 praediligere,意思是「to love more【愛更多】」或「to prefer【更喜歡】」。 在拉丁語中,diligere 的意思是「love【愛】」。
Quiz
Fill in the blanks to complete a word for a special taste or liking: p _ r _ i _ _ _ t _.
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