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predispose v.(使)易罹患；(使)预先偏向于 (1) 因气候潮湿，居民易患风湿症。(2) 紧张容易使人心脏病发作。(3) 他彬彬有礼的举止使人们尚未接触就喜欢他。(4) 他早年所受的教养使他热衷於冒险活动。 Many situations or events can predispose you to have a particular reaction, opinion, or feeling. Being bitten by a dog as a child could predispose you to having a fear of dogs. Having ancestors with great athletic ability might predispose you to enjoy running. If you want to predispose your father to liking your new boyfriend, be sure to tell him about volunteering at the food bank and leave out the bits about his arrest and dropping out of school.

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英 [ˌpriːdɪ'spəʊz] 美 [ˌpriːdɪ'spoʊz] (1) The inhabitants are predisposed to rheumatism by the damp climate.(2) Stress can predispose people to heart attacks.(3) His good manners predispose people to like him.(4) His early training predisposed him to a life of adventure. Predispose means to have a tendency toward something. Some people believe that just being born in Canada will predispose you to love ice hockey. 1[VERB 动词]使倾向于；使有意向 If something predisposes you to think or behave in a particular way, it makes it likely that you will think or behave in that way.   [V n to-inf]  [V n to n/-ing]  [FORMAL 正式]They take pains to hire people whose personalities predispose them to serve customers well...他们千方百计雇用那些性格上天生适合服务顾客的人。There is evidence to suggest that certain factors predispose some individuals to criminal behaviour.有证据表明，特定的因素会使某些人产生犯罪倾向。predisposedFranklin was predisposed to believe him.富兰克林倾向于相信他。...people who are predisposed to violent crime.有暴力犯罪倾向的人2[VERB 动词]使易感染，使易患（某种疾病） If something predisposes you to a disease or illness, it makes it likely that you will suffer from that disease or illness.   [V n to n]  [FORMAL 正式]...a gene that predisposes people to alcoholism.使人容易嗜酒的基因predisposedSome people are genetically predisposed to diabetes.有些人因先天遗传易患糖尿病。

英语单词	predispose
英美音标	英 [ˌpriːdɪ'spəʊz] 美 [ˌpriːdɪ'spoʊz]
中文释义	v.(使)易罹患；(使)预先偏向于
英语例句	(1) The inhabitants are predisposed to rheumatism by the damp climate. (2) Stress can predispose people to heart attacks. (3) His good manners predispose people to like him. (4) His early training predisposed him to a life of adventure.
中文例句	(1) 因气候潮湿，居民易患风湿症。 (2) 紧张容易使人心脏病发作。 (3) 他彬彬有礼的举止使人们尚未接触就喜欢他。 (4) 他早年所受的教养使他热衷於冒险活动。
vocabulary简明	Predispose means to have a tendency toward something. Some people believe that just being born in Canada will predispose you to love ice hockey.
vocabulary扩展	Many situations or events can predispose you to have a particular reaction, opinion, or feeling. Being bitten by a dog as a child could predispose you to having a fear of dogs. Having ancestors with great athletic ability might predispose you to enjoy running. If you want to predispose your father to liking your new boyfriend, be sure to tell him about volunteering at the food bank and leave out the bits about his arrest and dropping out of school.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]使倾向于；使有意向 If something predisposes you to think or behave in a particular way, it makes it likely that you will think or behave in that way. [V n to-inf] [V n to n/-ing] [FORMAL 正式] They take pains to hire people whose personalities predispose them to serve customers well... 他们千方百计雇用那些性格上天生适合服务顾客的人。 There is evidence to suggest that certain factors predispose some individuals to criminal behaviour. 有证据表明，特定的因素会使某些人产生犯罪倾向。 predisposed Franklin was predisposed to believe him. 富兰克林倾向于相信他。 ...people who are predisposed to violent crime. 有暴力犯罪倾向的人 2 [VERB 动词]使易感染，使易患（某种疾病） If something predisposes you to a disease or illness, it makes it likely that you will suffer from that disease or illness. [V n to n] [FORMAL 正式] ...a gene that predisposes people to alcoholism. 使人容易嗜酒的基因 predisposed Some people are genetically predisposed to diabetes. 有些人因先天遗传易患糖尿病。

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