propensity
propensity 英 [prəˈpensəti] 美 [prəˈpɛnsɪti]
n. 倾向，习性；癖好，偏爱
名词复数:propensities
- A propensity is a natural tendency to behave in a certain way. We all have propensities — things we tend to do. Dogs have a propensity to bark, and many people have a propensity for getting annoyed by it.
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- n. 倾向，习性；癖好，偏爱
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1. 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。
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2. 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。
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3. The personality of the individual adopter plays an important role in the propensity to trust the unfamiliar.
个人采纳者的性格在对信任不熟悉事物的习性上扮演了重要角色。
- propensity (n.) 1560s, "disposition to favor," 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").
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