predilection

他对古典音乐有特别的偏爱，家里收藏了大量唱片。

He has a ___predilection for classical music and owns a vast collection of records.

他对麻辣川菜的特别偏爱让他来到了成都，在旧城区吃遍了每一家红油面馆。

His ___predilection for fiery Sichuan dishes took him to Chengdu, where he ate his way through every chili-oil noodle shop in the old quarter.

她在六十多岁时培养了对抽象雕塑的特别偏爱，后院工作室里摆满了焊接钢和扭曲铜铸的形态。

In her sixties, she developed a ___predilection for abstract sculpture, filling her backyard studio with welded steel and twisted bronze forms.