propensity
发音
英 [prəˈpensəti]
美 [prəˈpensəti]
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- n.
- 倾向,习性,癖好,偏爱
单词词源
propensity 倾向,习性
pro-,向前,-pens,悬挂,依靠,词源同depend,pension.引申词义倾向,习性。
双语例句
- 1. But statement does not concern the average propensity to consume .
- 但结论和平均消费倾向并无太大关系。
- 2. Individuals , companies and some governments have continued their propensity to save .
- 个人、企业和一些国家的政府保持了储蓄的习惯。
- 3. 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。
- 4. What maintains the genetic propensity for the trait ?
- 到底是什么维持着这种特征的基因倾向呢?
- 5. It highlights the propensity of juries to award huge damages in intellectual-property disputes .
- 也突出了在知识产权纠纷中陪审团的巨额赔偿的倾向。