Not so long ago , this small clique could mould the world according to its predilections .

就在不久以前，这个小集团还可以按照自己的嗜好来安排世界事务。

Nothing determines the atmosphere and experience of an internet dating service more than the people who use it but sometimes the sites reflect the personalities or predilections of their founders .

没什么能比使用它的人更能决定一个互联网相亲服务的氛围和经历，但是有时候网站反映他们创建者的人格或嗜好。

This process was not without friction particularly between the genders and the generations but at least you got to know each other 's preferences and predilections , and the arguments in defence of those preferences offered training in social give-and-take .

这个过程有时充满摩擦，特别是在不同性别和不同代的人之间，但至少你会了解每个人的喜好和偏爱，而且那些为自己的嗜好辩解的争论还有助于学习在社会中给予和索取。

Her account also offers some interesting insights into the political ambitions as well as the sexual predilections of this former director of the international monetary fund , who was touted as the leading contender to be the next president of france .

对于这位前国际货币基金组织总裁，这个曾被吹捧为下一任法国总统最有力竞争者的人有何种政治抱负和性嗜好，她的叙述也提供了一种有趣的洞察。

Whether workplace pornography is experienced as threatening or a reminder of the sexual power of women is simply relative to one 's expectations and prior predilections , some might say .

工作场所的色情文艺常常威胁着、提醒着人们女性性权势的存在，有人会质疑这种性权势是否仅仅与一个人的期待值及原先的偏好有关。