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propensity

英 [prəˈpensəti]

美 [prəˈpensəti]

n.  (行为方面的)倾向; 习性

复数:propensities 

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Collins.1 / BNC.12005 / COCA.10887

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

    • 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。
    • The problem is that Chinese citizens 'propensity to save is not matched by investment options.
      问题在于,中国居民的储蓄倾向与投资选项并不匹配。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • During this period the propensity toward belligerence was put under leash by both humans and their institutions.
      在这段时间好战的倾向被人类和他们的习俗束缚起来。
    • Risk perception is influenced by cognitive bias and risk propensity, which have a direct impact on entrepreneurial decision.
      风险感知一方面容易受到个人认知偏差、风险倾向的影响,另一方面也直接作用于创业决策;
    • He showed a propensity for violence.
      他表现出暴力倾向。
    • 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。