predilection

[US]/ˌpriːdɪˈlekʃn/
[UK]/ˌpredlˈekʃn/
Gyakoriság: Nagyon magas

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Példamondatok

have a predilection for opera

your predilection for pretty girls.

a strong predilection for anything French

a predilection for classical composers;

előnyben részesíti a klasszikus zeneszerzőket;

He has a predilection for rich food.

a child with a grown-up partiality for rare and expensive foods.See Synonyms at predilection

bitterness that has warped your judgment. See also Synonyms at incline ,predilection

keserűség, amely meghajtotta az ítéletedet. Lásd még a Synonymokat a incline ,predilection nál.

Valós példák

Some have speculated that it appeals to Chinese people's predilection for categorization.

Forrás: Intermediate and advanced English short essay.

Predilection for sour mash doesn't make a man stupid.

Forrás: Ozark.

This predilection for pointed fangs is not, however, how it has always been.

Forrás: The Economist (Summary)

Pachyrhynchus weevils have a predilection for laying their eggs inside the fruit of a mangrove-dwelling plant called the fish-poison tree.

Forrás: The Economist (Summary)

Also, depending on what type you have, supposedly, that may kind of trigger or have a predilection on what mosquitoes favor.

Forrás: Connection Magazine

Fromthe first day of his rule Arcadio revealed his predilection for decrees.

Forrás: One Hundred Years of Solitude

Tommy murmured as the next verse began, hinting at the jumpy lady's further predilections.

Forrás: The Night is Gentle (Part Two)

It is a wonderfully flexible system, but without a consistent rule of law, companies are prey to the predilections of bureaucrats.

Forrás: The Economist - Comprehensive

And others, like wimple piranhas, have specific dietary predilections, almost exclusively going after other fish's scales.

Forrás: TED-Ed (video version)

They seem, however, to have some predilection for the latter.

Forrás: The Wealth of Nations (Part Two)

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