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单词 propensity
释义
propensity
noun[S]
formal
uk
/prəˈpen.sə.ti/us
/prəˈpen.sə.t̬i/
thefactthat someone islikelytobehavein aparticularway,especiallyabadway:
（尤指不良的）倾向，嗜好，癖好
[+ to infinitive]She'sinheritedfrom herfathera propensitytotalktoo much.她从她父亲那里继承了话多的毛病。
He's well-known for hisnaturalpropensityforindiscretion.他天生鲁莽的毛病是出了名的。
Synonyms
proclivityformal
tendency
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
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(Definition ofpropensityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

propensity| American Dictionary

propensity
noun[U]
fml
us
/prəˈpen·sɪ·t̬i/
atendencytobehavein aparticularway:
[+ to infinitive]ThepollconfirmedAmericans’growingpropensity toinvestin thestockmarket.
(Definition ofpropensityfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

propensity| Business English

propensity
noun[S]
uk
/prəʊˈpensəti/us
/prəˈpensəti/
if someone has a propensity tobehavein aparticularway orpreferaparticularthing, they arelikelytobehavein that way or like that thing:
Lowfaresareincreasingpeople'spropensity totravelfurtherto anairport.
a propensity for sthTheseniormanagementinourcompanydoes not have agreatpropensity forchange.
See also
marginal propensity to consume
marginal propensity to import
marginal propensity to save
(Definition ofpropensityfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpropensity

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This variable controls for the effect of the degree of consensus in a given period on thepropensityof groups to vote together.
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For example, although we control for case-mix differences in the regressions, differences in thepropensityto code comorbidities might influence the volume-outcome relationship.
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Only those variables that were significantly different between the groups under comparison were retained for thepropensityscore model.
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Using these assumed normal propensities in place of those observed at the time of the vote, we again sort the members from right to left.
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Limitations of the study include the restriction ofpropensityadjustments to observable group differences.
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It is apropensityof human nature to see their daughters well settled.
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Deliberately cultivated, his style steered between his audiences' expectations and his own propensities and embodied options.
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Although use of ephedrine is supported by history, it has limited efficacy and there are concerns about itspropensityto cause fetal acidosis.
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Moreover, with increased farm size, there was an increasedpropensityfor women farmers to adopt alley farming.
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Arguably, the size of these genera may have been determined by a higherpropensityto balloon causing isolation as a result of random dispersal.
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Clearly, the definitional distinction here between habit (as apropensityor disposition) and behaviour (or action) is essential.
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This serves to neutralize fully thepropensityof moral hazard the insured might have.
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Any exercise of the animal propensities, for whatever purpose, would have deleterious consequences in all aspects of life.
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This measure may be augmented by site directed mutagenesis, altering the helix content by changes in capping interactions or in propensities for helix formation.
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Creative style is a designer'spropensityto perform particular designing actions in particular ways, and to sequence them in particular ways.
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