propensity
英 [prəˈpensəti]
美 [prəˈpensəti]
n. (行为方面的)倾向; 习性
复数：propensities
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- He showed a propensity for violence.
他表现出暴力倾向。 - She has a propensity to exaggerate.
她爱言过其实。
- He showed a propensity for violence.
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.- 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。 - She hasn't reckoned on his propensity for violence.
她不曾料到他有暴力倾向。
- Mr Bint has a propensity to put off decisions to the last minute...
英英释义
noun
- a disposition to behave in a certain way
- the aptness of iron to rust
- the propensity of disease to spread
- a natural inclination
- he has a proclivity for exaggeration
- an inclination to do something
- he felt leanings toward frivolity
双语例句
- 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。 - There is a negative relationship between relationship commitment and propensity.
关系承诺与默许之间有正向的关系。 - 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。 - 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。 - Cultural fatalism and superstition have long fed the propensity for gambling.
文化宿命论和迷信思想一直为赌博倾向提供了滋生的土壤。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The marginal propensity to import, in other words, is a "leakage" from the expenditure stream.
换言之，边际进口倾向是支出流量中的一个漏出量。 - They do know that the propensity for allergies can be genetic.
但他们知道，过敏症的易感倾向可能与遗传有关。