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单词 disposition
释义
disposition
noun
uk
/ˌdɪs.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌdɪs.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
C2[Cusually singular]
theparticulartypeofcharacterthat apersonnaturallyhas:
性格，性情
Sheis ofanervous/cheerful/sunnydisposition.她神经质／性情开朗／性格阳光。
[S+ to infinitive]formal
anaturaltendencyto do something, or to have ordevelopsomething:
倾向；意向
a disposition todeceive欺骗倾向
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Habitual behaviour
(Definition ofdispositionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

disposition| American Dictionary

disposition
noun[C]
us
/ˌdɪs·pəˈzɪʃ·ən/
a person’susualway offeelingorbehaving; thetendencyof apersonto behappy,friendly,anxious, etc.:
acheerfuldisposition
(Definition ofdispositionfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

disposition| Business English

disposition
noun
uk
/ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃən/us
[CorU]
theprocessofsellingsomething orformallygiving it to someone:
We have nocontrolover the disposition of thefundsin thataccount.
Not more than 30% of a Fund'sgrossincomecan bederivedfromgainsfrom thesaleor other disposition of securitiesheldfor less than threemonths.
[U]LAW
the way in which aformalprocess, such as abusinessdealor amatterdealtwith in acourtoflaw, iscompleted:
Thisdescribestheprincipalissuesraisedin thereviewandstatesthe Regulation Board's disposition of theproceeding.
Payment ofexpensesincurredinadvanceof thefinaldisposition of thislawsuitshall beconditionaluponreceiptof adetaileditemization.
(Definition ofdispositionfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdisposition

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In this theory persons evoke eros if they have beautiful bodies, minds, or dispositions.
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Reasons for thinking knowledge states are not essentially temporally extended trade on thinking of these states as dispositions which are only part of the story.
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Negative valences of any or all of these factors will push maternal attitudes and dispositions in the other direction.
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A concept which is frequently used in the context of perceptual development is that of 'templates' or '(pre)dispositions'.
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They are not direct dispositions in favour of anybody.
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The last section considered how the jurists interpreted the wordings of dispositions and determined whether they constituted trusts.
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They provide a way for a testator to secure some of the dispositions in his will even if the will fails and intestate succession ensues.
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Testators sometimes confirmed their civil-law dispositions in the form of a trust.
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Matters are somewhat different when we come to dispositions where the modus is in the public interest.
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Colonists and garrisons were largely absent, and with them land-confiscations, new influxes of wealth, and the sudden arrival of new cultural habits and dispositions.
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Adult participants resisted its effects in favour of recapturing childhood ways of being, especially manifest through dispositions for engagement.
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We have suggested that, for our eighteenth-century writers, the concept of rationality was less narrowly defined, and could encompass dispositions as well as actions.
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First, they occur when the agent's initial dispositions are explicitly inconsistent, so the agent accepts both a proposition and its negation.
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Men and women with heroic dispositions will risk their lives and welfare for others, without knowing the outcome; otherwise they would not need courage.
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In such cases, as in many others, what will sustain me are my habits of mind, my intuitions, my prejudices, my dispositions.
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Collocationswithdisposition

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cheerful disposition
He enjoyed good health in his early life, due to 'habits of life and mental training', and had a cheerful disposition with great powers of concentration.
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disposition of property
A voluntarydispositionofpropertyis a very well-understood thing.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
final disposition
The legislative journals provide fairly detailed information about thefinaldispositionof each bill.
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