词汇释义

propensity  TEM8  IELTS  GRE

UK  /prəˈpen.sə.ti/ US  /prəˈpen.sə.t̬i/

noun, A propensity to do something or a propensity for something is a natural tendency that you have to behave in a particular way. 性格上的倾向，习性

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外刊例句

1. In the interview, the singer is asked about his propensity to get creative inspiration from horror movies.(Fox News)

2. Under Indiana’s law, a person is considered dangerous if he “presents an imminent risk” to himself or others, or if he fits certain other criteria, including a documented propensity for violent conduct.(New York Times)

3. “Stop the Steal’s propensity to attract white supremacists, militia members, and others who actively promote violence may lead to a significantly dangerous situation for law enforcement and the general public alike.”(Seattle Times)

4. During that time he earned a reputation for a tough, no-nonsense attitude and a propensity for occasional gaffes.(Reuters)

5. The propensity on the part of these men — and much of humankind, for that matter — to incline toward the light is no surprise.(Washington Post)

6. Kids are discouraged, restless and bored, he said, and their propensity to commit crime follows with more lenient consequences.(Washington Post)

7. Experts cite a variety of reasons for why the propensity toward violence might be worse now than during previous times when far-right organizations declared war on the government.(New York Times)

8. His pronounced preference for knights over bishops, his seeming lack of ambition with the White pieces, his propensity for exchange sacrifices and sudden, head-spinning shifts in the character of the play.(Washington Times)

9. The biggest danger of the new variant remains its propensity to spread: It is thought to be 30 to 50 percent more transmissible, though some scientists put the figure higher than that.(New York Times)

10. Others took a more humorous approach, noting what they said was the U.S. propensity to intervene in the domestic matters of other countries which exhibited the same political instability.(Washington Times)

11. Even if the U.S.-China trade truce holds, Trump’s propensity to swiftly change his mind, particularly against the backdrop of a bid for re-election this year, will keep the Fed guessing.(Reuters)

12. Whatever Mr Sikka’s flaws—a propensity for grandiose “thought leadership”, a penchant for private jets—he communicated a clear vision of how Infosys must transform its business model. (TheEconomist)

词汇搭配

propensity to do | propensity for

词汇家族

propensities

词汇来源

1560s, "disposition to favor;" 1610s, "a bent of mind, natural or acquired," with -ty + obsolete adjective propense "inclined, prone" (1520s), from Latin propensus, past participle of propendere "incline to, hang forward, hang down, weigh over," from pro "forward" (see pro-) + pendere "to hang, cause to hang; weigh" (from PIE root *(s)pen- "to draw, stretch, spin").

近义词

tendency, inclination, disposition, penchant, aptness, proneness, affinity, habit, aptitude

反义词

antipathy, disinclination, dislike, hatred, impotence, inability, aversion distaste, disgust, incapacity, indifference, revulsion, disinterest, repugnance, fairness, ineptness, disfavor, ineptitude, impartiality abhorrence, repulsion

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