predisposed

英 [ˌpriːdɪˈspəʊzd]

美 [ˌpriːdɪˈspoʊzd]

v.  使倾向于; 使受…的影响; 使易于患(某种病) ; 容易诱发
predispose的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：predisposed　

COCA.34027

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使倾向于；使有意向
  If somethingpredisposesyoutothink or behave in a particular way, it makes it likely that you will think or behave in that way.
  1. They take pains to hire people whose personalities predispose them to serve customers well...
     他们千方百计雇用那些性格上天生适合服务顾客的人。
  2. There is evidence to suggest that certain factors predispose some individuals to criminal behaviour.
     有证据表明，特定的因素会使某些人产生犯罪倾向。
• VERB 使易感染，使易患（某种疾病）
  If somethingpredisposesyoutoa disease or illness, it makes it likely that you will suffer from that disease or illness.
  1. ...a gene that predisposes people to alcoholism.
     使人容易嗜酒的基因

英英释义

adj

• made susceptible
  1. because of conditions in the mine, miners are predisposed to lung disease

双语例句

• Their survival ensured our existence but predisposed us to the same kind of short-term thinking.
  他们的存活确保了我们的存在但也留给了我们着眼于短期的相同倾向。
• The inhabitants are predisposed to rheumatism by the damp climate.
  因气候潮湿，居民易患风湿症。
• Aerobic exercise ( nurture) seems to preserve telomere length with age, but we can't say whether exercising subjects are also genetically predisposed to have better telomere maintenance.
  有氧运动（后天的）似乎随着年龄增长可以保护端粒长度，但是我们不能说运动对象是否受基因影响具有更好的端粒修复能力。
• His early training predisposed him to a life of adventure ( to travel widely).
  他的早年教育使他喜欢冒险生活（广泛旅行）。
• Perhaps it's genetically predisposed or a result of gender-biased education.
  也许这是遗传基因预先安排好的，或者是性别偏见的教育造成的。
• Women who are stressed about money, relationships and other problems during pregnancy may give birth to babies who are predisposed to allergies and asthma, US researchers said today.
  美国研究者指出：妊娠妇女由于经济、社会关系及其它一些问题导致的压力，有可能会生出易患上过敏症和哮喘病的婴儿。
• This new understanding goes hand-in-hand with discoveries in evolutionary biology, neuro-cognitive science and child development that reveal that human beings are biologically predisposed to be empathic.
  这种新的认识与人们在进化生物学、神经认知科学和儿童发育领域的发现吻合这些发现显示，从生物学角度讲，人类很容易产生共鸣。
• It is becoming increasingly clear that as much as 80% of people who are obese are predisposed genetically.
  现在越来越明显，将近80%的肥胖病人是受基因的影响。
• Even more intriguing, the study revealed that people who were genetically predisposed to diabetes benefited most.
  令人更加感兴趣的是，这项研究揭示出那些由于基因易患上糖尿病的人们是最大的获益者。
• International Diabetes: With current and available methods of screening and examinations can patients who may be predisposed to diabetes be selected out of the general populations?
  《国际糖尿病》：随着现在筛查和检查方法发展，能否在普通人群中筛查出糖尿病易患人群？