propensity

英 [prəˈpensəti]

美 [prəˈpensəti]

n.  (行为方面的)倾向; 习性

复数：propensities　

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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

• They do know that the propensity for allergies can be genetic.
  但他们知道，过敏症的易感倾向可能与遗传有关。
• A propensity to extravagance [ for gambling] to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree.
  奢华[赌博]的癖好以奢侈的方式或达到奢侈的程度。
• Marginal propensity to consume is the effect on consumption of an additional dollar in disposable income.
  边际消费倾向是可支配收入增加一美元对消费的影响。
• 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。
• We do not find the implied theoretical assumptions underlying propensity scores to be attractive or robust.
  我们没发现处理倾向得分理论中具备稳健的假设。
• 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；
• He has a propensity for or to antisocial behavior.
  他有反社会的倾向。
• She hasn't reckoned on his propensity for violence.
  她不曾料到他有暴力倾向。
• 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。
• 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。