1.And what underlies these two things is an intrinsic penchant for what one studies.

然而决定上述两项的关键就是学生的兴趣爱好。

2.We can't delay this case again because the defendant has a penchant for changing lawyers.

不因为被告不停更换辩护律师而将本案一再推迟。

3.We can trace the American penchant for self-improvement at least partly to our unique history.

我们可以把美国人对自我改善的喜好至少部分归因于我们独特的历史。

4.One of the vices of Britons is a penchant for mourning the country's decline.

英国人的恶习之一就是喜欢为国家的衰落哀悼。

5.A widow with a penpal in Hamburg suddenly develops a penchant for photographing naval bases.

一位在汉堡有笔友的寡妇突然对拍摄海军基地产生了兴趣。

6.I'm talking about a headbanging rocker from Canada named Pretty, who's got a serious penchant for metal.

我说的是一个来自加拿大的名叫 Pretty 的摇滚马，她对乐非常着迷。

7.It is widely assumed that this penchant for plastics is a matter of mistaken identity.

人们普遍认为，这种对塑的嗜好是一种错误的识别。

8.Retired after his penchant for killing people threatened his cover.

对于可他身份的人都格杀勿论，因此被遣退。

9.Naturally, not everyone among them is, but these peoples do seem to share a penchant for orderliness and punctuality.

当然，他们之中不是每个人都这样，但秩序和守时却似乎是这两个民族的共同爱好。

10.I love thrilling dramas full of danger and secrets and I will always have a penchant for children's stories.

我喜欢充满危险和秘密的惊险戏剧，我也会永远喜欢儿童故事。

11.But those closest to Trump are unnerved by his penchant for making matters worse.

但那些与特朗普关系最密切的人已经对他添乱的嗜好感到不安了。

12.There was a philosophical component, one that was related to his penchant for control.

还有一个原因，就是他对于控制权的迷恋。

13.Companies' penchant for promoting the wrong people is deeply ingrained, despite management theorists' admonitions.

尽管管理学理论家经常发出告诫，但公司喜欢提拔不合适的人的现象依然根深蒂固。

14.And Mr. Epstein's penchant for meetings stretched an already thin staff to its limits.

爱普斯坦喜欢会面，监狱本就短缺的人手因此短缺到了极限。

15.In so doing, he has discovered that the bears have a particular penchant for the best quality, most expensive honey.

在此过程中，他发现这些熊尤为喜欢品质最好且最贵的蜂蜜。

16.Critics say Comey's penchant for high-profile moral fights has, ironically, undermined the bureau's reputation.

批评人士说，具有讽刺意味的是，科米喜欢搞高调的道德战这一点反而损害了该局的声誉。

17.He returned home a gifted surgeon with a passion for anatomy and a penchant for showmanship.

他返乡时，已经是一位天才外科医师，并对解剖学充满热情，还热衷于展示。

18.Despite their penchant for living solo, males need to be able to communicate with females over long distances.

尽管它们喜欢独居，但雄性猩猩需要与雌性猩猩进行远距离交流。

19.But neither the human imitative instinct nor a penchant for fantasy by itself leads to an autonomous theater.

为了进一步探寻戏剧的起源，一些学派开始从人类发展戏剧的动机上建立理论。为什么戏剧会发展，为什么在戏剧完全脱离宗教仪式以后还有这么大的价值？大部分答案都回到那些关于人类心智和人类基本需求的理论中。首先，亚里士多德在公元前4世纪提出，人们天生好模仿，并从模仿他人、事物和动作以及观看模仿中获得乐趣。另外，20世纪提出的先进理论认为人类擅长幻想，通过幻想将日常生活中的现实重塑成更加令人满意的形式。因此，人们通过幻想或虚构（戏剧的一个形式）把他们的焦虑和恐惧具体化，再通过这种方式面对焦虑和恐惧，并从虚构中满足他们现实中无法实现的愿望。所以，戏剧成为了一种帮助人们认识和理解这个世界，或是帮助人们逃避不满现实的工具。

20.I mean, let's be honest: I've got two hooks, prosthetic legs and a penchant for hard liquor.

我是说，大家都知道的：我手装俩钩子，双腿义肢，还嗜好烈酒。