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propensity n.倾向；习性 (1) 他表现出暴力倾向。(2) 他有酗酒的倾向。(3) 这个看法基于以下几点倾向。(4) 她有夸大的习性。(5) 他承认自己生性喜作恶。 If you have a propensity for something, then it's something that comes naturally to you or something you just do a lot. Some people have a propensity to laugh. Other people have a propensity for making others laugh, or for being generous, or for getting angry. It's hard to change your propensities. Sometimes a propensity is a bad thing, as in a criminal with a propensity for theft or murder.

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英 [prə'pensəti] 美 [prə'pensəti] (1) He showed a propensity for violence.(2) He has a propensity for drinking too much alcohol.(3) This view is based on the propensity of following points.(4) She has a propensity to exaggerate.(5) He recognized his own propensity to evil. A propensity is a natural tendency to behave in a certain way. We all have propensities — things we tend to do. Dogs have a propensity to bark, and many people have a propensity for getting annoyed by it. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]（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.   [oft N to-inf]  [FORMAL 正式]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。

英语单词	propensity
英美音标	英 [prə'pensəti] 美 [prə'pensəti]
中文释义	n.倾向；习性
英语例句	(1) He showed a propensity for violence. (2) He has a propensity for drinking too much alcohol. (3) This view is based on the propensity of following points. (4) She has a propensity to exaggerate. (5) He recognized his own propensity to evil.
中文例句	(1) 他表现出暴力倾向。 (2) 他有酗酒的倾向。 (3) 这个看法基于以下几点倾向。 (4) 她有夸大的习性。 (5) 他承认自己生性喜作恶。
vocabulary简明	A propensity is a natural tendency to behave in a certain way. We all have propensities — things we tend to do. Dogs have a propensity to bark, and many people have a propensity for getting annoyed by it.
vocabulary扩展	If you have a propensity for something, then it's something that comes naturally to you or something you just do a lot. Some people have a propensity to laugh. Other people have a propensity for making others laugh, or for being generous, or for getting angry. It's hard to change your propensities. Sometimes a propensity is a bad thing, as in a criminal with a propensity for theft or murder.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（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. [oft N to-inf] [FORMAL 正式] 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。

Propensity People Violence Natural Tendency Behave 英 Prə'Pensəti] 美