propensity
美音:
[prə´pensıtı
]英音:
[prə´pensıtı
]n.倾向
难易程度:
propensity为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词复数:propensities
词根
pend,pens=to hang(悬挂),to weigh(衡量)
近义词, 同义词
propensity
/prə'pensətɪ; prə`pɛnsətɪ/
n ~ (for/to/towards sth); ~ (for doing/to do sth) (fml 文) inclination or tendency 倾向; 习性
*a propensity to exaggerate/towards exaggeration 浮夸的倾向
* a propensity for getting into debt 借债的习性.
propensity
npluralpropensities [C usually singular]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: propense 'tending' (16-19 centuries), from Latin, past participle of propendere 'to lean toward']
formal a natural tendency to behave in a particular way
propensity to do sth
the male propensity to fight
propensity for
He seems to have a propensity for breaking things.
1. Most boys have a propensity of playing with machinery. 大多数男孩子都有玩机械的倾向。
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