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
- Moreover, this policy will violate the people's natural propensity.
而且,如果采用这一政策,也会和人们的自然倾向相违背。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - A Study of the Impact of Marginal Propensity to Consume on Optimizing China's Three Industries Structure
边际消费倾向对我国三次产业结构优化作用研究 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。