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

• Stress, fatigue, and multitasking can exacerbate our propensity to make such errors.
  压力、疲劳和多重任务处理可以增加我们健忘的可能。
• Moreover, this policy will violate the people's natural propensity.
  而且，如果采用这一政策，也会和人们的自然倾向相违背。
• 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。
• He has a propensity for or to antisocial behavior.
  他有反社会的倾向。
• As a kind of safety cigarette, low ignite propensity cigarette could reduce the risk of fires effectively.
  低引燃倾向卷烟作为一种安全型卷烟，能有效降低卷烟引起火灾的风险。
• 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。
• The frequency interpretation and the propensity interpretation belong to the objective interpretation of modern inductive logic.
  频率解释和性向解释都属于现代归纳逻辑理论中的客观解释。
• 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。
• Have the propensity to exchange genes with influenza viruses from other species.
  有与其他流感病毒交换基因的倾向。