propensity是什么意思？

propensity

英[prəˈpensəti] 美[prəˈpɛnsɪti]

• n. 倾向，习性，癖好，偏爱；

复数：propensities;

例句

• To this end, the authors use a generalised propensity score technique. 为此, 作者用广义的倾向评分技术.
• This waistcoat has a propensity to pucker up over the chest. 这件背心的胸部常常要皱拢来.
• He has a propensity for drinking too much alcohol. 他有酗酒的倾向.
• He showed a propensity for violence. 他表现出暴力倾向。
• They are growing slowly with a propensity for local recurrence and metastasis. 肿瘤本身特性为缓慢变大,具有局部再发和转移现象.
• 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... 宾特先生习惯拖到最后时刻才作决定。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （性格上的）倾向；习性
  A propensity to do something or a propensity for something is a natural tendency that you have to behave in a particular way.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  倾向;习性
  He has a propensity for drinking too much alcohol. 他有酗酒的倾向。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an inclination to do something;
  "he felt leanings toward frivolity"
  2. a natural inclination;
  "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"
  3. a disposition to behave in a certain way;
  "the aptness of iron to rust""the propensity of disease to spread"