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

• However, the quality of information has not always evolved nor has the propensity for humans to panic less.
  然而，信息的质量并非始终都在提高，人类的恐慌倾向也没有改善。
• Marginal propensity to consume is the effect on consumption of an additional dollar in disposable income.
  边际消费倾向是可支配收入增加一美元对消费的影响。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。