propensity

英 [prəˈpensəti]

美 [prəˈpensəti]

n. (行为方面的)倾向; 习性

复数：propensities　

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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
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

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 hasn't reckoned on his propensity for violence.
她不曾料到他有暴力倾向。
In fact, we have already assumed capitalist's Marginal propensity to consume is zero early.
事实上，我们先前已经假定资本家的边际消费倾向为零。
He showed a propensity for violence.
他表现出暴力倾向。
He's well-known for his natural propensity for indiscretion.
他是出了名的天生有不大谨慎的毛病。
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。
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。
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。
Risk perception is influenced by cognitive bias and risk propensity, which have a direct impact on entrepreneurial decision.
风险感知一方面容易受到个人认知偏差、风险倾向的影响，另一方面也直接作用于创业决策；
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。