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

我可以把美国对自我改善好至少部分归因于我独特历史。

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

爱斯坦会面，监狱本就短缺手因此短缺到了极限。

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

遍认为，这种对塑料嗜好是一种错误识别。

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

批评士说，具有讽刺意味是，科米搞高调道德战这一点反而损害了该局声誉。

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

但那些与特朗关系最密切已经对添乱嗜好感到不安了。

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

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。

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

然而决定上述两项关键就是学生兴趣爱好。

And, given his penchant for self exaggeration, it is unlikely he would have been shy about revealing the fact.

夸张，因此不可能害怕说出真相。

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：我手装俩钩子，双腿义肢，还嗜好烈酒。

He displayed his penchant for diplomacy in acknowledging that there may be issues on which he and Bolton disagree.

承认可能存在和博尔顿意见不同问题，这表示是偏爱外交。

Combine this, with his penchant for taking long afternoon naps and the 30th president got a reputation as a man.

再加上在下午长时间小睡，这位美国第30任总统赢得了男名声。

And you're not a strawberry blonde with a penchant for voltaire.

你也不是热爱伏尔泰红金发女郎。

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

不能因为被告不停更换辩护律师而将本案一再推迟。

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

一位在汉堡有笔友寡妇突然对拍摄海军基地产生了兴趣。

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

英国恶习之一就是为国家衰落哀悼。

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

当然，之中不是每个都这样，但秩序和守时却似乎是这两个民族共同爱好。

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，发现这些熊尤为品质最好且最贵蜂蜜。

Brits, it is said, have a penchant for nostalgia. So take a trip down memory lane to the autumn of 1997, a happier time.

据说英国对怀旧情有独钟。所以，沿着记忆小路回到1997年秋天，那是一段更加快乐时光。

My mother's always had a penchant for drama.

我母亲总是小题大做。

I see you haven't lost your penchant for shameless self-promotion.

你还是这么无耻地自我宣传。