[N-COUNT 可数名词](常指不好的)倾向,偏好,嗜好 A proclivity is a tendency to behave in a particular way or to like a particular thing, often a bad way or thing.
[FORMAL 正式]
He was indulging his own sexual proclivities.
他沉浸在自己的过度纵欲中。
...a proclivity to daydream.
好做白日梦
Oxford
pro·cliv·ity/prəˈklɪvəti; NAmEprəˈklɪvəti/noun(pluralpro·cliv·ities)proclivity(for sth/for doing sth) ( formal) a natural tendency to do sth or to feel sth, often sth bad (常指对坏事的)倾向,癖好SYN
propensity
◆his sexual/criminal proclivities他的性倾向╱犯罪倾向◆the government's proclivity for spending money政府花钱的倾向proclivityproclivitiespro·cliv·ity/prəˈklɪvəti; NAmEprəˈklɪvəti/
formal a tendency to behave in a particular way, or to like a particular thing – used especially about something badproclivity to/towards/for The child showed no proclivity towards aggression. his sexual proclivities
WDF
proclivity
[prəˈklɪvəti]
TOEFL
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proclivities[208]
倾向(67%),癖性(33%)
n.倾向;癖性
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