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。
He has a propensity for or to antisocial behavior.
他有反社会的倾向。
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。
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。
In fact, we have already assumed capitalist's Marginal propensity to consume is zero early.
事实上，我们先前已经假定资本家的边际消费倾向为零。
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。
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。
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。
The personality of the individual adopter plays an important role in the propensity to trust the unfamiliar.
个人采纳者的性格在对信任不熟悉事物的习性上扮演了重要角色。