propensities

英 [prəˈpɛnsɪtiz]

美 [prəˈpɛnsətiz]

n.  (行为方面的)倾向; 习性
propensity的复数

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。

双语例句

• Many sufferers have been reclaimed from a dependence on alcohol. The learned profession of the law was certainly not behind any other learned profession in its Bacchanalian Propensities;
  许多嗜酒成癖的受害者已经被挽救过来。在酒神崇拜的癖好方面，法律这种依靠学识的职业肯定不会比其他依靠学识的职业表现逊色。
• A Finite Element Study on the Influence of Constraints on Squeal Propensities of a Railway Vehicle Disc Brake System
  约束对盘形制动摩擦噪声影响的有限元研究
• The results show: ( 1) the two components of achievement motive s, namely achievement motive and avoidance motive, might predict the risk propensities and the cognitive characteristics of individuals in risky situations;
  结果显示：（1）成就动机的两个成分，即争取成功与回避失败能够分别预测个体在风险情景中的风险倾向与认知特征；
• But I suspect his propensities are different from yours, and since yours clearly lean towards the vino, your best solution is to act like a sommelier.
  但我觉得他的偏好与众不同，您对葡萄酒情有独钟，最佳方法是表现得象个调酒师。
• These results indicate that the conservation residue network propensities can give us some new parameters in protein – protein interface prediction.
  保守性残基网络的性质将能够给蛋白质-蛋白质界面预测提供一些新的参量。
• The two probable outlooks of sociological romanticism can lead to two propensities: emotional romanticism and rat.
  社会学浪漫主义的两种机缘态度体现出两种基本取向：情感浪漫主义与理性浪漫主义。
• What it does mean is that a new equilibrium must be found in which tighter regulation is reintroduced, aimed at reducing the propensities of too many in the markets to take on excessive risks.
  这一事实意味着，必须找到一个新的平衡点，重新引入更为严格的监管，以便降低市场内有太多人承受过高风险的倾向性。
• Rather, it is to approach the world on child terms, and react adaptively to its own changing propensities and capabilities.
  相反，他们是要理解自己眼中的世界，积极地根据自己不断变化的兴趣倾向和能力做出相应的反应。
• In order to change the process and results of the knowledge exchange, the differences between these participation propensities must be overcome.
  要想改变知识交流过程及其成果必须得克服这些参与倾向之间的差异性。
• As different income groups face different internal expectations and external constraints, they have different propensities to save and consumer behaviors.
  由于不同收入阶层群体面临的内在预期和外部约束条件不同，其储蓄倾向和消费行为也不同。