propensity

英[prə'pensəti]美[prə'pensəti]

n. （行为方面的）倾向,习性

同：	[n.] aptness, leaning, proclivity, tendency

This waistcoat has a propensity to pucker up over the chest.
这件背心的胸部常常要皱拢来。收藏
So is the propensity to strike over seemingly minor matters
为了一些看起来细小的事情，动辄罢工，原因也在这里。收藏
He had a decided propensity for bullying; derived no inconsiderable pleasure from the exercise of petty cruelty
他素有恃强凌弱的癖好，而且乐此不疲。收藏
a propensity to extravagance for gambling ]
奢华赌博]的癖好收藏
There seem'd to be something fatal in propensity of nature tending directly to the life of misery which was to befalll me.
我的这种天性,似乎注定了我未来不幸的命运。收藏

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an inclination to do something
- he felt leanings toward frivolity
[同] leaning, propensity, tendency
a natural inclination
- he has a proclivity for exaggeration
[同] leaning, proclivity, propensity

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