propensity

英 [prəˈpensəti]

美 [prəˈpensəti]

n.  (行为方面的)倾向; 习性

复数：propensities　

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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

• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Software is no different, except in its propensity to change.
  软件是不同的，除了它的变化的倾向。
• He has a propensity for or to antisocial behavior.
  他有反社会的倾向。
• 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。
• 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。