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propensity单词基本解析：

n.倾向，习性，癖好，偏爱
n.倾向, 习性
n.倾向，习性，癖好，偏爱；

propensity变化用词：

复数:propensities;
名词复数: propensities |
复数：propensities

propensity英英释义：

Noun

1. an inclination to do something;

"he felt leanings toward frivolity"

2. a natural inclination;

"he has a proclivity for exaggeration"

3. a disposition to behave in a certain way;

"the aptness of iron to rust"

"the propensity of disease to spread"

名词 propensity:

an inclination to do something

同义词：leaning, tendency

a natural inclination

同义词：proclivity, leaning

a disposition to behave in a certain way

同义词：aptness

propensity[ prəu'pensiti ]n.an inclination to do something

同义词：leaningtendency

a natural inclination

同义词：proclivityleaning

a disposition to behave in a certain way

"the propensity of disease to spread"

同义词：aptness

propensity中文词源：

propensity用法和例句：

He showed a propensity for violence.

他表现出暴力倾向。

She has a propensity to exaggerate.

她爱言过其实。

Mr Bint has a propensity to put off decisions to the last minute...

宾特先生习惯拖到最后时刻才作决定。

She hasn't reckoned on his propensity for violence.

她不曾料到他有暴力倾向。

They are growing slowly with a propensity for local recurrence and metastasis.

肿瘤本身特性为缓慢变大,具有局部再发和转移现象.

He showed a propensity for violence.

他表现出暴力倾向.

Results Under model misspecification conditions, propensity score methods had better robustness than model based methods.

结果当存在模型误定时, 倾向指数方法比基于模型的方法具有较好的稳健性.

Flame synthesis of carbon nanotubes have low cost and high efficiency and wide development propensity.

火焰合成碳纳米管成本低、率高,开发应用前景广阔.

A high marginal propensity to consume increases the effect of any expansion in autonomous spending.

3一个高的边际消费倾向增大了任意的自发支出扩张的影响.

Software is no different, except in its propensity to change.

软件是不同的, 除了它的变化的倾向.

We do not find the implied theoretical assumptions underlying propensity scores to be attractive or robust.

我们没发现处理倾向得分理论中具备稳健的假设.

The marginal propensity to import, in other words, is a " leakage " from the expenditure stream.

换言之, 边际进口倾向是支出流量中的一个 “ 漏出量 ”.

辞典例句

And your defect is a propensity to hate every body.

你有一种倾向,──对什么人都感到厌恶,这就是你的缺陷.

He recognized his own propensity to evil.

他承认自己生性喜作恶.

辞典例句

Our grave propensity to bureaucracy is inseparable from the current overstaffing of our organizations.

我们严重的官僚主义与现在机构的臃肿是分不开的.

Finally, optimization of key parts of brake system was conducted to reduce the brake squeal propensity.

最后探讨了如何对关键部件进行设计改进来降低制动尖叫倾向性.

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.

His propensity for [ toward ] wonder and adventure was growing constantly.

他对惊奇、冒险的 癖好 与日俱增.

辞典例句

This waistcoat has a propensity to pucker up over the chest.

这件背心的胸部常常要皱拢来.

It'springs from a peculiar propensity of mine, Your Honor.

这起源于我的一项异能, 法官阁下.

电影对白

Such gangs have a propensity to combine against a common enemy.

这些帮派有联合起来对付一个共同的敌人的倾向.

Most boys have a propensity of playing with machinery.

大多数男孩都有喜欢摆弄机械的倾向.

Little girls have a propensity for playing with dolls.

小女孩有玩洋娃娃的习性.

辞典例句

He has a propensity for drinking too much alcohol.

他有酗酒的倾向.

《简明英汉词典》

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.

Propensity score matching was used to adjust for differences in baseline health status.

运用匹配倾向评分校正对于初始健康状态的差异.

Propensity scores are used to reduce selection bias by equating groups based on these covariates.

倾向得分通过平衡各组的协变量的方法,用于降低选择偏倚.

Most boys have a propensity for playing with machinery.

一般的男孩子都有玩机械的习性.

Should genetic engineers fix nearsightedness, say, or a propensity to put on weight or lose hair?

比如说, 遗传工程师应当不应当矫正近视或矫正易于发胖、掉头发的体质 呢 ?

百科语句

To this end, the authors use a generalised propensity score technique.

为此, 作者用广义的倾向评分技术.

propensity

T-bag:Yourll have to forgive my boy. He has the propensity to be a bit gregarious when he shouldnrt be. Fraternizing in the prison shower, come on.

"谅解这个孩子吧.他太恨搞接际了,还小在不太适合的时分.在监狱洗澡的时分念战人称弟道兄,得了吧"

While genetic propensity has a lot to do with chances of outwitting this life stalking disease, so do mental and physical habits, all through life, but more so in mid-life.

(同样的，mental and physical habits 与genetic propensity相对应)遗传因素对战胜威胁人类的这种疾病的可能性有很大关系，但是一生中特别是中年时期的精神上、身体上的习惯也十分重要。

While genetic propensity has a lot to do with chances of outwitting this life stalking disease, so domental and physical habits, all through life, but more so inmid-life.

(同样的，mental and physical habits 与geneticpropensity相对应)遗传因素对战胜威胁人类的这种疾病的可能性有很大关系，但是一生中特别是中年时期的精神上、身体上的习惯也十分重要。

Mr. Bint has a propensity to put off decisions to the last minute.

Bint先生总把决定推到最后一分钟。

A sedentary lifestyle increases the propensity to aging-related diseases and premature death.

“久坐不动的生活方式会增加患衰老相关疾病和夭亡的可能性。

"But his news conference showcased once again his propensity for self-inflicted wounds" (Newsweek).

“但是他举行的记者招待会又一次暴露了他爱自己打自己耳光的倾向” （《新闻周刊》）。

T-bag: You'll have to forgive my boy. He has the propensity to be a bit gregarious when he shouldn't be. Fraternizing in the prison shower, come on.

“原谅这个孩子吧。他太爱搞交际了，还老在不太合适的时候。在监狱洗澡的时候想和人称兄道弟，得了吧”

"We don't have an answer to that right now," Walton said of the Lakers' propensity for blowing leads.

“现在我们还没有一个确切的答案，”沃顿在被问道湖人今年火爆的开局时说道。

T-bag:You'll have to forgive my boy. He has the propensity to be a bit gregarious when he shouldn't be. Fraternizing in the prison shower, come on.

“谅解这个孩子吧。他太爱搞交际了，还老在不太适合的时候。在监狱洗澡的时候想和人称兄道弟，得了吧”

This player makes you afraid and uncertain to begin with, so you'll have a propensity to get emotional.

一开始对手就让你感到害怕和不确定，你就会产生情绪起伏的倾向。

Most boys have a propensity for playing with machinery.

一般的男孩子都有玩机械的习性。

Not only is its global convergence proved easily hut also it avoids the propensity of short steps.

不仅其全局收敛性很容易被证明，而且它避免了产生小步长的倾向。

This quite different view is based on the propensity of following points.

不同的看法基于以下几种观点。

Whatever his intentions, the authors say, “it was Khrushchev's propensity to risk war that bedeviled US presidents” and made confrontation inevitable.

不管他的动机如何，作者写到：“正是赫鲁晓夫的那种冒险举动激怒了美国总统“，双方的冲突变得不可避免。

Regardless of actual managerial risk propensity, managers with preferences for risk perceived their selected options to be riskier than those with safer preferences.

不考虑实际的管理者的风险倾向,与有安全意愿的管理者相比,有风险意愿的管理者感觉他们的选择的风险更多。

For better or worse, gene-detecting microarrays could also identify an individual's genetic propensity to a host of disorders.

不论结果是好是坏，DNA微阵列除了可以探测基因的功能，也能够从基因层面辨认某人是否容易感染某些疾病。

Nonetheless, he asked whether any of the patients ended up regretting their choice of surgery, given teenagers' propensity to change their mind.

不过，他提问说最后是否有病患后悔进行手术，应给青少年有改变心意的机会。

Compared with traditional antiepileptic carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine shown an improved tolerability, a reduced propensity to cause liver enzyme induction and auto-induction.

与传统抗癫痫药物相比,奥卡西平有不良反应少、自身诱导及对肝药酶的诱导作用小等优点。

A greater propensity for maintenance of reduction is likely in 2-part surgical neck fractures as opposed to those with associated fractures of the tuberosities.

与伴发结节骨折的患者不同，该技术能有效维持两部分外科颈骨折的复位。

The long-term propensity to consume of Chinese citizens exists "Kuznets' Paradox", but the long-term propensity to consume of Chinese citizens trends lower.

中国城镇居民长期消费倾向存在“库兹涅茨悖论”，但中国城镇居民长期消费倾向偏低。

China's important young market, a cultural propensity to link CSR and company image, and a highly vocal and active online population make CSR critical in China.

中国重要的年青人市场，把企业社会责任与企业形象联系起来的倾向，以及非常活跃且无话不说的网民，这些都使得企业社会责任在中国非常重要。

Then, it is true, the propensity of human nature to tell the very worst of itself, when embodied in the person of another, would constrain them to whisper the black scandal of bygone years.

之后，出于人类本性中对别人说三道四的癖病，他们也确实悄声说起若干年前那桩见不得人的丑事。

In fact, we have already assumed capitalist's Marginal propensity to consume is zero early. According to this assumption, we can reach the conclusion as above.

事实上,我们先前已经假定资本家的边际消费倾向为零。根据这个假定,我们可以很容易地得出上面的结论。

Asia's propensity to save is engrained more by policy than by culture.

亚洲储蓄倾向的根深蒂固更多是由政策而非文化原因造成的。

The general propensity of mankind

人之恒情

The greater the propensity to hoard, the higher the interest rate that a businessman will have to pay for the capital that he requires for investment.

人们越是倾向于把钱自己存着不用，商人们就越要付更高的利息才能让人们把钱拿出来给自己用。

Man's propensity for self-destruction is an unalterable rule of nature.Prosperity is inevitably followed by decline, just as life is followed by death.

人类之趋于自我毁灭，本是自然不变的法则，盈则必亏，生死循环，本来无可厚非。

Humans inherited a propensity of deferring karma much like their Pleiadian and Sirian ancestors.

人类继承了延迟业力的倾向，就象他们的昴宿星及天狼星祖先一样。

Coming out of North Carolina there were concerns about how May's propensity to put on weight may hurt his ability to be an effective NBA player.

从北卡罗那大学毕业的的肖恩梅日益增长的体重将会对他成为NBA一个不错的球员造成影响。

This is understandable in one sense (they pay most of the taxes) but not in terms of stimulating the economy in the short term, since poorer people have a higher propensity to spend.

从某种意义上说这是可以理解的(他们承担大部分税赋)，但从促进经济短期增长的角度出发却难以理解，因为越贫困才越需要支出。

He has the propensity to be a bit gregarious when he shouldn't be.Fraternizing in the prison shower, come on.

他太恨搞接际了，借小正在没有太适合的时分。

His propensity for [toward] wonder and adventure was growing constantly.

他对惊奇、冒险的癖好与日俱增。

He recognized his own propensity to evil.

他承认自己生性喜作恶。

He pointed out that since 2005 KT&G had exported to the US cigarettes with lowered ignition propensity, but had not sold such cigarettes in Gyeonggi province.

他指出，KT&G从2005年开始向美国出口低燃点卷烟，但是还没有在京畿省销售这种卷烟。

He was a clever man; a pleasant companion; a careless student; with a great propensity for running into debt, and a partiality for the tavern.

他是个聪明人，谈吐非常风趣，可是不肯用苦功。他老是东借西挪，又喜欢上酒店喝酒。

He has a propensity to self-subversion.

他有自我颠覆的癖好。

He has a propensity for drinking too much alcohol.

他有酗酒的倾向。

The one redeeming quality he showed was a propensity for getting to the line, averaging nine free throws a game.

他的表现能有所补偿的地方似乎倾向于罚球线，场均能有9个罚篮。

He was shorter than I expected and had a deeply furrowed face which betrayed a lifelong propensity toward smiling.

他看起来，比我想象中的个子还要小，一张布着深纹的脸和爱笑的个性不太相称。

He said that Monday's session has also been a prime example of oil's increasing propensity to take its cues from the direction of the stock market, especially the S&P 500.

他说，周一的走势也充分显示出，石油价格越来越有从股市、尤其是标准普尔500指数的走势中寻找线索的倾向。

But there are those who yearn for the Divine here and now and whose love for God and propensity for the contemplation of the Divine Realities (al-haqaiq) compel them to seek the path of inwardness.

伊斯兰的启示意味着人类注定要遵守这一传统信仰。但不是所有的人都要去遵守内在的道乘。

They do know that the propensity for allergies can be genetic.

但他们知道，过敏症的易感倾向可能与遗传有关。

Nonetheless, research dating back to 1998 indicates a high propensity for people to buy in their own language.

但无论如何,早在1998年的研究就指出人们高度倾向于购买使用母语的产品。

However, this technique continues to be characterized by its propensity t o elicit passive results, such as restenosis, inflammation, thrombopoiesis, form ation of encrustation or stone.

但是,再狭窄、感染、凝血、硬壳或者结石的形成仍然是支架植入术后容易发生的问题。

However, this technique continues to be characterized by its propensity to elicit passive results, such as restenosis, inflammation, thrombopoiesis, formation of encrustation or stone.

但是,再狭窄、染、血、壳或者结石的形成仍然是支架植入术后容易发生的问题。

But his news conference showcased once again his propensity for self - inflicted wounds (Newsweek).

但是他举行的记者招待会又一次暴露了他爱自己打自己耳光的倾向（《新闻周刊》）。

But it may explain how people with apparently similar lifestyles differ in propensity to put on weight.

但是它可能解释相同生活方式的人们却有不同的增加体重的倾向。

Logistic regression was used to determine the propensity score (probability of MDC) for each patient, and MDC and non-MDC patients then were matched 1:1 on the basis of their score.

使用逻辑回归方法确定每例患者的趋势积分（多学科治疗的概率），然后将MDC和非MDC患者按照其积分以1:1的比例进行配对。

Electrons around a molecule, for example, exist in wavelike orbitals, smeared-out shapes that determine properties such as the electrons' energy and the propensity for the molecule to undergo various chemical reactions.

例如，电子便是以波动般的轨道绕著分子运行，从它所遗留下来的轨迹形状，便可以决定电子的能量，以及分子在各种化学反应时所具有的特性。

A tendency or propensity.

倾向，嗜好

The clinical presentations are characterized as the progressive enlargement of tumors and the propensity of malignant change.

其临床表征有恶性病变，迅速增长及切除后复发的特性。

Other studies found that asthmatic disposition and propensity to wheeze increase the risk of RSV hospitalization.

其他研究还发现哮喘倾向和喘息倾向会增加RSV感染住院治疗的风险。

Tumor growth is slow but its clinical course is relentless and progressive.ACC is the propensity for perineural invasion and distant spread to the lungs and bones is frequent.

其特徵为肿瘤通常很小且生长缓慢，在发生初期不易于临床上与影像上侦测到，但却有沿著神经扩散及远端转移的倾向。

What clogs the channel is laziness, inattention, timidity, the propensity to lie to oneself, to avoid looking straight at a situation.

写作的阻碍是懒惰、注意力不够、胆怯、对自己说谎的倾向、以及避免去正视某一情境。

Rural residents' double status, demonstration effects of consumption and economic and political system were the main factors on rural residents' propensity to consumption.

农村居民的双重身份，消费的示范作用以及政策、制度因素对农村居民消费倾向的影响亦很大。

Several factors have been found to influence a driver's attitude towards speeding and aggressive driving, including age, gender and what psychologists call "sensation seeking propensity.

几个因素影响了驾驶者对超速和侵略性驾驶的态度，包括年龄，性别和心理学家们所说的“轰动寻求倾向”。

A small amount added to the soaking water of beans will hasten the softening and cooking processes and reduce the beans' propensity to cause flatulence in the eater.

加少量的苏打在水里泡豆子可以加速烹饪时的软化过程，而且还免于吃完豆子造成的腹胀。

You'll have to forgive my boy. He has the propensity to be a bit gregarious when he shouldn't be. Fraternizing in the prison shower, come on.

原谅这个孩子吧。他太爱搞交际了,还老在不太合适的时候。在监狱洗澡的时候想和人称兄道弟,得了吧。

PROPENSITY TO CHANGE A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't. A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does.

变化的趋势一个女人和一个男人结婚是期望他能改变,但他从不改变。一个男人和一个女人结婚是期望她永不改变,但她一定会变。

In conclusion, although everybody wants to choose the one that fit them could make their choice depends on their own propensity, so, it is of great benefits for me to choose take vacating.

句子结构很混乱，需要读很多遍，文章连贯性受到影响。可以看出你在努力写长句，但是用法不够地道。

Certainly, knowing how schistosomes typically escape immune detection is important if we are to develop vaccines that can overcome that propensity.

可以确定的是，了解血吸虫如何躲过免疫系统的侦测是很重要的，如此我们才能发展出克服这种特性的疫苗。

Harry also is not easily restrained or stopped once he has set his mind on something.And let's not forget Harry's propensity for being a bit disobedient (which is not always a bad thing).

同时我们也不应忘记哈利心中自然而来的那种不甘服从的本性（这并不总是坏事）。

Especially fatigued because of the wandering propensity which had seized him in the morning, he now half dragged his wet feet, shuffling the soles upon the sidewalk.

因为上午他心血来潮地游荡了一番，所以这时感到特别疲乏。 他拖着湿透的双脚，鞋底蹭着人行道，慢慢地走着。

Given Johnson's propensity for doing just that, and Chelsea having already lost two keepers this year from collisions with opponents, his immediate reaction was hardly surprising.

因为跟对手的碰撞，切尔西今年已经失去了两名门将，所以当约汉训作出那个动作的时候，穆里尼奥反映大是正常的。

In many countries, government agencies and non-profit-making enterprises have a similar propensity to outsource for the sake of operational effectiveness.

在很多国家，政府机构和非赢利性组织追求运营的有效性而外包。

When it comes to something, the majority would support A. Others, however, like me, regard B as my propensity.

在很多情况下考虑这个问题，我最后获得一个结论A是我真实想做的和值得所做的。

Here the propensity matures as inexorably, but the actualization is linked to an adaptive feature towards environmental circumstances.

在此，这种倾向势不可挡，但其实现可连结到一项对于环境的适应性特徵。

This neoplasm can be multifocal, as seen here, because of the propensity to invade lymphatics within thyroid, and lymph node metastases are common.

在甲状腺内易侵袭淋巴管，因此淋巴结转移较常见，可见多个病灶。

Of the organizational variables, perceived organizational willingness to take risks was the only significant predictor of risk preference, explaining an additional 10% of risk propensity variance.

在组织方面的变量中,只有组织的冒险意愿明显预示了风险意愿,解释了10%的风险倾向差异。

During this period the propensity toward belligerence was put under leash by both humans and their institutions.

在这段时间好战的倾向被人类和他们的习俗束缚起来。

Earth has a propensity to give of her information to “save” other creations, and this is how she has lost so much over time.

地球拥有一个将自己的信息给出以“拯救”其它造物的倾向，这就是她怎么会随时间遗失了如此多东西的缘故。

Most who end their lives have a history of depression or manic-depression, but people with severe depression differ in their propensity for suicide.

多数结束自己生命的人都有抑郁或躁郁症的病史，但患有重度抑郁的人，他们的自杀倾向则有所不同。

Most boys have a propensity of playing with machinery.

大多数男孩都有喜欢摆弄机械的倾向。

A propensity for exaggeration.

夸张的癖好

He and Ireland donned them during backpacking trips to evaluate the products' blister propensity.

她和她丈夫会子背着登山包穿着她做的袜子去远足，来检验多长时间会磨出血泡。

She has a propensity to exaggerate.

她有夸大的习性。

They include an uptick in the propensity of Microsoft search users to purchase items after clicking on a paid-search link.

好转的方面包括：微软搜索用户在点击付费搜索链接之后买东西的倾向增大。

It primarily points to a propensity to this condition.

它主要地指出到对这一种情况的一个倾向。

It also turns out that although the propensity to be fair varies a good deal from one person to the next, that variation is rooted in genetics rather than culture.

它也表明了虽然对公平性的倾向对于不同的人有着很大的变化，同时也表明了这些不同是源自于遗传而不是文化。

A propensity for being displeased with anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards.

完美主义对于任何不完美或未达到最高标准的事都有不满意的倾向

用作名词(n.)

He showed a propensity for violence.
他表现出暴力倾向。

He has a propensity for drinking too much alcohol.
他有酗酒的倾向。

This view is based on the propensity of following points.
这个看法基于以下几点倾向。

She has a propensity to exaggerate.
她有夸大的习性。

He recognized his own propensity to evil.
他承认自己生性喜作恶。

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