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propensity 音标拼音: [prəp'ɛnsɪti] n. 倾向,爱好,习性 倾向,爱好,习性 propensity n 1: an inclination to do something; " he felt leanings toward frivolity" [ synonym: { leaning}, { propensity}, { tendency}] 2: a natural inclination; " he has a proclivity for exaggeration" [ synonym: { proclivity}, { propensity}, { leaning}] 3: a disposition to behave in a certain way; " the aptness of iron to rust"; " the propensity of disease to spread" [ synonym: { aptness}, { propensity}] Propensity \ Pro* pen" si* ty\, n.; pl. { Propensities}. The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency. " A propensity to utter blasphemy." -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Disposition; bias; inclination; proclivity; proneness; bent; tendency. [ 1913 Webster] 80 Moby Thesaurus words for " propensity": a thing for, affinity, an ear for, an eye for, animus, aptitude, aptness, bent, bias, capacity for, cast, character, conatus, conduciveness, constitution, delight, diathesis, disposition, eagerness, eccentricity, fancy, fascination, favor, feeling for, felicity, flair, genius for, gift for, grain, idiosyncrasy, inclination, inclining, individualism, innate aptitude, kidney, leaning, liability, liking, make, makeup, mental set, mettle, mind, mind- set, mold, mutual affinity, mutual attraction, nature, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, probability, proclivity, proneness, readiness, sensitivity to, set, slant, soft spot, stamp, strain, streak, stripe, susceptibility, sympathy, temper, temperament, tendency, tropism, turn, turn for, turn of mind, twist, type, warp, weakness, willingness
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