1·Neither the human imitative instinct nor a penchant for fantasy by itself leads to an autonomous theater.
无论是人类的模仿本能，还是对幻想的嗜好本身，都不会单独成为独立的戏剧形式。
2·The brain also has a penchant for symmetry.
大脑同样对对称别有嗜好。
3·The result is a confident account marred by occasional flaws: a penchant for mixed metaphors plus some fanciful lapses and minor factual errors.
其结果就是一份自信满满的讲述，偶尔有点瑕疵：对混合隐喻的嗜好，一些因想象导致的小过失，以及史实方面的小错误。
4·He also displays a penchant for angular harmonies and intricate melodies reminiscent of Bach (Sondheim has claimed that he "loves Bach" but his favorite period is Brahms to Stravinsky). [6].
他也体现出对多角度和谐音以及类似巴赫的精细旋律的嗜好[桑德海姆表明过他“热爱巴赫”，但是他最喜欢的是勃拉姆斯到斯特拉·文斯基时期的古典音乐]。
5·The FSF has a penchant for puns, and this one seemed appropriate, I suppose. The name predates my involvement.
自由软件基金会对双关语有强烈嗜好，而且我以为，这一个看来好象是相称的。这一名字早在我参与之前就有。
1·Most emerging countries have a penchant for highly diversified conglomerates.
大多数新兴国家倾向高度多样经营的企业。
2·Yet they also have a penchant for sports that promote superstars and breed controversy, both on and off the field. With its emphasis on teamwork and fair play, rugby doesn't quite fit that mould.
但是他们倾向于喜欢那些产生超级明星、在场上场下引发争论的运动，橄榄球强调团队合作与公平竞赛，这与一贯的模式并不相符。
3·So our hand preference, and our penchant for speech, may extend deep into our evolutionary past.
所以我们的用手偏好，以及语言能力的倾向，可能早早就发生于我们的进化史。
4·And a new study shows that our penchant for the more vertically inclined might have an evolutionary basis.
一项新的研究表明，我们倾向于更笔直的这个嗜爱可能有一个逐渐形成的基础。
5·Despite a penchant for hanging out in trees, human ancestors living 3.6 million years ago in what's now Tanzania extended their legs to stride much like people today do, a new study finds.
一项新研究发现：尽管仍然具备挂身树上的倾向，但是360万年前生活在如今坦桑尼亚地区的人类祖先就已经伸腿迈步前行，就像今天的人们一样。