propensity

[美]/prəˈpensəti/
[英]/prəˈpensəti/
词频: 极高

释义

n. 倾向或天性;
词形变化

短语搭配

propensity towards violence

暴力倾向

propensity for risk-taking

冒险倾向

propensity for procrastination

拖延倾向

propensity to consume

消费倾向

marginal propensity

边际倾向

例句

a propensity for exaggeration.

夸张的癖好

a propensity to extravagance

浪费的习性

He has a propensity for drinking too much alcohol.

他有酗酒的倾向。

she has a propensity for breaking plates.

她总会打破碟子。

This feedback effect jointly determines the optimal contract, the propensity of market manipulation and price informativeness.

这种反馈效应共同决定最优的合同,倾向操控市场和价格信息化。

However, this technique continues to be characterized by its propensity to elicit passive results, such as restenosis,inflammation, thrombopoiesis, formation of encrustation or stone.

但是,再狭窄、感染、凝血、硬壳或者结石的形成仍然是支架植入术后容易发生的问题。

原声例句

Most boys have a propensity of playing with machinery.

大多数的男孩子有玩机械的倾向。

来源: Liu Yi breaks through 10,000 English vocabulary words.

Civil servants have a documented propensity to, you know, snap.

人民公仆总是非常容易… … 动粗。

来源: The Big Bang Theory Season 1

Alexey always had a propensity for math, computers, and puzzles.

阿列克谢偏爱数学,电脑和智力游戏。

来源: A Small Story, A Great Documentary

It suggests that what is being bred for is a propensity to develop a worm-hostile gut microbiome.

这表明,繁殖的目的是为了培养一种对蠕虫不利的肠道微生物群。

来源: The Economist (Summary)

" Where does your propensity to work hard come from? "

“你努力工作的习性从何而来?”

来源: BBC Ideas Selection (Bilingual)

Bourgoin was once asked, in a television report, about this propensity for deception.

Bourgoin 曾在一次电视报道中被问及这种欺骗的倾向。

来源: The Guardian (Article Version)

So what is all this? My family history factoring in longevity, propensity for disease, et cetera. Interesting.

那这些是什么 我家人的寿命长短 疾病倾向等信息 有意思。

来源: The Big Bang Theory Season 4

Although people's fundamental political views do not change much as they age, their propensity to vote does.

尽管人们的基本政治观点不会随着年龄的增长而发生较大改变,但是他们的投票倾向更定会有所变化。

来源: The Economist - Comprehensive

It was that propensity that led him to the creation of the best video game of all time.

正是他的这种喜好促成了他发明了这个一直饱受欢迎的电子游戏。

来源: A Small Story, A Great Documentary

A propensity to bang the table or interrupt people is discourteous but plenty of bosses do the same.

拍桌子或打断别人的习惯是不礼貌的,但许多老板也这样做。

来源: The Economist (Summary)

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