英语释义

• an inclination to do something;

  "he felt leanings toward frivolity"

• a natural inclination;

  "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"

• a disposition to behave in a certain way;

  "the aptness of iron to rust"

  "the propensity of disease to spread"

片语

consumption propensity消费倾向

static propensity静斜

character propensity性情倾向

Propension propensity行动倾向

queuing propensity排队倾向

Communications Propensity传播倾向

propensity to consume消费倾向

marginal propensity to consume[经] 边际消费倾向

marginal propensity边际倾向

slagging propensity结渣性

Propensity model运用倾向模型

Propensity models倾向型号

英汉例句

• 「it is the combination of behavior and the organism「s propensity for what to do with nutrients it takes in, 」 whether to store or use them.

  这是一个综合结果，个体行为和生物体的倾向性，如何处理营养物质，储存或使用它们。

• with a relatively low loan-to-deposit ratio of 68 percent, banks」 propensity to lend seems intact.

  由于存贷比位于68%这个相对较低的水平，银行放贷的倾向似乎仍然未变。

• it would be too simplistic to put all of this down to a cultural propensity to defer to bullying corporate bosses.

  如果把这一切归结为一种听命于仗势欺人的公司老板的文化习性，那么就会过于简单了。

• given the propensity of established firms to diversify into new areas, it seems likely that start-ups are sometimes crowded out.

  考虑到与创立新公司相比，人们更偏爱向新领域多样化发展，似乎有时候创业是受到大众排挤的。

• individuals with this genetic propensity may have to avoid many social drinking situations if they wish to curb their own alcohol intake, larsen said.

  拉森称拥有基因倾向性的个体，如果想抑制自己的贪杯行为，还真得尽量避免跟酒鬼同饮。

• is there a human gene affecting our propensity to bond with a single mate?

  是否存在某一人体基因，影响着我们维持单配偶关系的倾向性呢？

• the propensity for tuxedoed birds to enact something like a gay marriage has since provided a memorable skirmish in the culture wars.

  此后的文化战斗中，用穿礼服的鸟儿来扮演同性婚姻之类的事儿，这种倾向导致了值得纪念的沖突。

• early-life stress increases the propensity for alcohol abuse later in life, both human and primate studies have shown.

  人类与灵长类动物的研究都表明，早期的艰难的生活压力增大了成长后酗酒的倾向。

• we still have this natural propensity to adapt our sleeping patterns but modern, urbanised living blocks have superseded our need to alter it.

  迄今，我们仍保持这种天然的睡眠倾向，但现代都市化生活要我们改变这种生活方式。

• a groundbreaking ten-year study on the behavior of chimpanzees, reported in current biology, reveals that humanity「s closest living relative expresses a propensity for human-like warfare.

  一项历时十年关于黑猩猩行为的开创性研究向人们展示，这种如今最接近人类的近亲具有人类一样的战争习性。

• in recent months, nowhere has this propensity been more pronounced than on wall street itself.

  近几个月来，这一倾向没有哪里像华尔街一样更明显了。

• but the bigger question is whether the slump will undermine the essential qualities of middle-class behaviour—the propensity to save, to invest in the children’s education and so on.

  但更重要的一个问题在于，这种衰退是否会破坏中产阶级言行的基本準则：储蓄、投资教育等的倾向。

• for a start, the four collaborative species are unrelated, suggesting that a propensity for cohesion has evolved independently.

  因为一开始，这四个合作的种群是不相关的，暗示了凝聚力的倾向已独立逐步形成。

• even after allowing for the bitterness of a woman scorned, and for the forgiving propensity of conservative christians, this is not a testimonial that will help at the polls.

  就算考虑到被甩女人的恨意，还有保守基督徒乐于宽恕的倾向，这些评价都只会拖累金里奇的支持率。

• early-life stress increases the propensity for alcohol abuse later in life, both human and primate studies have shown. but how might such adversity in childhood do so?

  对人类与灵长类动物的研究都表明，幼年时艰难的生活压力增大了成后后酗酒的倾向。但是幼年时期的生活厄境怎么会造成这样的结果？

• do online daters have a propensity to lie?

  网上交友者是否倾向于撒谎？

• come to think of it, this propensity for information binging might explain the swelled heads of a few it personnel i have encountered over the years.

  你来想想看，沉溺信息的癖好也许能解释一个现象，就是这些年来我遇到了几位it人士都是脑袋膨胀的。

• hard evidence for the importance of sadness in humans is difficult to come by, but there are lots of ideas about why our propensity to feel sad might have evolved.

  悲伤对于人类是很重要的，虽然对此很难找出确凿的证据。但是，关于我们为什么会倾向于感受悲伤，很多看法正在演进。

• dr. tomasello says that the approach known as inductive parenting works best because it reinforces the child’s natural propensity to cooperate with others.

  汤马斯洛博士说一种被称为诱导式培养孩子的方法效果最好，因为它强化了孩子与他人合作的自然倾向性。

• that we are genetically ingrained with a propensity for what we now consider 「evil」 behaviors may be exactly why we consider them evil and work so hard to construct a society to deter them.

  我们觉察到了固有遗传习性中被认为是邪恶的罪恶行径，所以不遗余力的建立一个社会去遏制它们。

• we discovered 150 or so genetic markers that can highly predict whether or not a person has the genetic propensity to live to extreme old age.

  研究小组负责人汤姆·珀尔斯说：「我们发现了大约150种基因标记，这些基因标记能够準确预测一个人有没有特别长寿的遗传倾向。」

• as my book has gone to press, i」ve observed this propensity in myself, first with soliciting blurbs, and more recently with creating the publicity plan.

  在我的书出版的过程中，我注意到在我身上的这种倾向，起初是请求式的简介，最近更多的是制作宣传计划。

• these mouselike creatures are among the small minority of mammals — less than 5 percent — who share humans’ propensity for monogamy.

  这些类似老鼠的生物是哺乳动物中少数（不到5%）有人类一般的一夫一妻制倾向的动物之一。

• early-life stress increases the propensity for alcohol abuse later in life, both human and primate studies have shown.

  对人类与灵长类动物的研究都表明，幼年时艰难的生活压力增大了成后后酗酒的倾向。

• some men or women, however, have a genetic propensity for dht to 「attack」 hair follicles, especially those on the top of the head.

  一些男性或者女性，具有二氢睪酮攻击毛囊的遗传性倾向，特别是攻击头顶的毛囊。

• given the propensity for human error in such circumstances, mechanised grunts might make such calls better than flesh-and-blood officers.

  鑒于这些环境下人类的错误倾向，与有血有肉的指挥官相比机械大兵也许可以做出更好的决定。

相似词

nature(Nature)人名；(法)纳蒂尔

weakness弱点；软弱；嗜好

aptitude天资；自然倾向；适宜

option[计] 选项；选择权；买卖的特权