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
- 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。 - As a kind of safety cigarette, low ignite propensity cigarette could reduce the risk of fires effectively.
低引燃倾向卷烟作为一种安全型卷烟,能有效降低卷烟引起火灾的风险。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。