propensity

英 [prəˈpensəti]

美 [prəˈpensəti]

n.  (行为方面的)倾向; 习性

复数：propensities　

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牛津词典

noun

• （行为方面的）倾向；习性
  a tendency to a particular kind of behaviour
  1. He showed a propensity for violence.
     他表现出暴力倾向。
  2. She has a propensity to exaggerate.
     她爱言过其实。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （性格上的）倾向；习性
  Apropensity todo something or apropensity forsomething is a natural tendency that you have to behave in a particular way.
  1. Mr Bint has a propensity to put off decisions to the last minute...
     宾特先生习惯拖到最后时刻才作决定。
  2. She hasn't reckoned on his propensity for violence.
     她不曾料到他有暴力倾向。

英英释义

noun

• a disposition to behave in a certain way
  1. the aptness of iron to rust
  2. the propensity of disease to spread
  Synonym:aptness
• a natural inclination
  1. he has a proclivity for exaggeration
  Synonym:proclivityleaning
• an inclination to do something
  1. he felt leanings toward frivolity
  Synonym:leaningtendency

双语例句

• He has a propensity for or to antisocial behavior.
  他有反社会的倾向。
• There are two reasons why education's spread reduces women's propensity to marry.
  有两个理由可以解释：为什么受教育减少女性结婚的需要。
• She's inherited from her mother a propensity to talk too much.
  她从她母亲那里继承了说话太多的毛病。
• He's well-known for his natural propensity for indiscretion.
  他是出了名的天生有不大谨慎的毛病。
• And your defect is a propensity to hate every body.
  你有一种倾向，&对什么人都感到厌恶，这就是你的缺陷。
• She hasn't reckoned on his propensity for violence.
  她不曾料到他有暴力倾向。
• Another problem is that the Chinese public has an extraordinary propensity to save.
  另一个问题是，中国民众有着非比寻常的储蓄倾向。
• But it may explain how people with apparently similar lifestyles differ in propensity to put on weight.
  但是它可能解释相同生活方式的人们却有不同的增加体重的倾向。
• He showed a propensity for violence.
  他表现出暴力倾向。
• A propensity to extravagance [ for gambling] to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree.
  奢华[赌博]的癖好以奢侈的方式或达到奢侈的程度。