upodobanie 用英语:

Charles had a penchant for irony.

"Given their penchant for these random acts of surreal voilence," someone said, "it may be difficult for out viewers to understand why you continue to insist that this phenomenon isn't a form of terrorism."

The girl is known for her penchant for black clothes and heavy metal music.

Fiona’s dinner parties quickly became monotonous on account of her penchant for Indian dishes.

Her penchant for disappearing for days at a time worries her family.

English penchant for manners. His penchant for conquests is well documented

a penchant for melodrama/skiing/exotic clothes; Charles had a penchant for getting in trouble. His penchant for conquests is well documented. Her penchant for disappearing for days at a time worries her family.

There is a growing preference for working in air-conditioned places.

If you have a strong liking for something, you have a preference for it. You might have a preference for apples, but there are some days when you're stuck eating a banana instead.

I don't know your preference, so please help yourself.

It's a matter of personal preference.

Be sure to tell us your preferences right up front.

I don’t mind, but my preference would be to meet at 1 p.m.

Which style you choose is just a matter of personal preference.

I have a preference for milk and chocolate.

Have you got any preference between beef and lamb?

These special characteristics explain its preference for still-hunting (lying motionless beside a seal's breathing hole, waiting for one to surface).

My decided preference is the fourth and the last of these alternatives.

He should be given preference over the others.

When we are away from home, nothing gives us more pleasure than to receive a parcel from home.

One cannot have pain without pleasure, and one cannot have pleasure without pain.

My pleasure!

Throughout my life, I've had the great pleasure of travelling all around the world and working in many diverse nations.

Pleasure is always in the past or in the future, never in the present.

The close-cropped lawn is beautiful in the eyes of a people whose inherited bent it is to readily find pleasure in contemplating a well-preserved pasture or grazing land.

Robinson considers nature a mere object of scientific study to exploit for his own uses and pleasure.

Human beings usually have two basic desires: to get away from pain and to arrive at pleasure.

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident.

Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.

Pleasure is a general term for good feelings. People get pleasure from eating, sleeping, watching TV, or anything else they enjoy.

I think it is an honour and a pleasure that we, specifically, are able to hold the final dialogue.

all pleasure is mine / to give pleasure to sb / with pleasure / to enjoy sth, to find pleasure in sth / I am learning for pleasure

Never were finer women or more accomplished men seen in any Court, and Nature seemed to have taken pleasure in lavishing her greatest graces on the greatest persons.

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own.

I like candlelight.

A society without religion is like a ship without a compass.

My what a narrow waist! Her face is small, she really looks just like a doll!

I considered doing something like blocking edits based on a blacklist.

Some people like classical music, while others like popular music.

In order to get a better look at that picture, I'd like to get a little closer.

A drunkard is somebody you don't like and who drinks as much as you do.

I like this picture, not just because it is famous, but because it really is a masterpiece.

Computers are certainly playing an important role in our life, whether we like it or not.

The policeman stood like a statue with his arms folded across his chest.

Your English is grammatically correct, but sometimes what you say just doesn't sound like what a native speaker would say.

Can we really learn to speak a foreign language like a native?

Our city's transport problems are minor when measured against capitals like London and New York.

Don't you think it's rude to give people such a curt reply like that?