网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 proclivity
释义
proclivity
noun[C]
formal
uk
/prəˈklɪv.ə.ti/us
/prəˈklɪv.ə.t̬i/
thefactthat someonelikessomething orlikesto do something,especiallysomethingconsideredmorallywrong:
癖性；（尤指坏的）倾向
thesexualproclivities ofcelebrities名人的性癖好
his proclivityforshapelyblondes他对身材匀称的金发女郎的偏爱
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Habitual behaviour
  • ADL
  • atavism
  • atavistic
  • creature of habitidiom
  • custom
  • diet
  • habit
  • idiosyncrasy
  • idiosyncratic
  • leaning
  • penchant
  • practice
  • programme
  • ritualistically
  • ritualized
  • roll
  • routine
  • take tosomeone/something
  • tendency
  • wont
See more results »

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Liking
(Definition ofproclivityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofproclivity

proclivity
Locality was certainly of importance as were consumer proclivities towards the value and utility and the nature and availability of individual commodities in shaping the early modern global economy.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A relevant addendum involves considering research on children's orientation to teleological explanations of natural phenomena, which suggests that relatively rich cognitive proclivities might underlie religious thought.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I do not think that at any stage anyone has referred to the artistic proclivities of the recipients of bounty.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Nevertheless, they are the kind of proclivities that should be revealed by an efficient, positive vetting system.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I understand that that is rather a long way from his proclivities.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
His proclivities and tendencies are all in favour of the landlord.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I want to know whether he intends to maintain his sphinx-like proclivities.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Other member states will have different packages of ideas reflecting their historical traditions, proclivities and particular political majorities.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We should make a study of their proclivities.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
A dangerous, and in some cases underestimated, disease which feeds on ethnocentric proclivities, often concealed and hidden, in some cases masked by seemingly democratic and legitimate acts.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I gather from the information which has been given to me that in the main this board was concerned with what sporting proclivities the candidate had.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Another factor that undermined the influence of intelligence with civilian decision makers was the militaryproclivityfor ' worst-case ' assessments.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The result was aproclivityfor deficits, financed through monetary issue, which led in the first half of the 1920s to inflations and hyper-inflations.
From theCambridge English Corpus
His religious proclivities were encouraged when he witnessed the violent death of a clan member.
From
Wikipedia
Creatives commons iconThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Essentially, genes provide proclivities and potentialities continuously involving feedback mechanisms with the environment throughout life, but especially during prenatal and early childhood.
From
Wikipedia
Creatives commons iconThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/proclivity##
随便看

　

英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。

　

Copyright © 1999-2024 qbania.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2024/12/27 18:56:19