"he felt leanings toward frivolity"
"he has a proclivity for exaggeration"
"the aptness of iron to rust"
"the propensity of disease to spread"
1.（性格上的）倾向；习性
Apropensity to do something or apropensity for something is a natural tendency that you have to behave in a particular way.
e.g. Mr Bint has apropensity to put off decisions to the last minute...
宾特先生习惯拖到最后时刻才作决定。
e.g. She hasn't reckoned on hispropensity for violence.
她不曾料到他有暴力倾向。
1. 习性,爱好：propend,vi,倾向,爱好 |propensity,习性,爱好 | spend,v,花费,其实就是expend,读一读,发音差不多吧
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2. 倾向,嗜好：prison 监狱,拘留所;监禁,禁闭 |propensity 倾向,嗜好 | puddle (路上的)水坑,污水坑
他表现出暴力倾向。
He has a propensity for drinking too much alcohol.他有酗酒的倾向。
This view is based on the propensity of following points.这个看法基于以下几点倾向。
She has a propensity to exaggerate.她有夸大的习性。
He recognized his own propensity to evil.他承认自己生性喜作恶。
He showed a propensity for violence.他表现出暴力倾向。
She has a propensity to exaggerate.她爱言过其实。
Mr Bint has a propensity to put off decisions to the last minute...宾特先生习惯拖到最后时刻才作决定。
She hasn't reckoned on his propensity for violence.她不曾料到他有暴力倾向。
They are growing slowly with a propensity for local recurrence and metastasis.肿瘤本身特性为缓慢变大,具有局部再发和转移现象.
He showed a propensity for violence.他表现出暴力倾向.
Results Under model misspecification conditions, propensity score methods had better robustness than model based methods.结果当存在模型误定时, 倾向指数方法比基于模型的方法具有较好的稳健性.
Flame synthesis of carbon nanotubes have low cost and high efficiency and wide development propensity.火焰合成碳纳米管成本低、率高,开发应用前景广阔.
A high marginal propensity to consume increases the effect of any expansion in autonomous spending.3一个高的边际消费倾向增大了任意的自发支出扩张的影响.
Software is no different, except in its propensity to change.软件是不同的, 除了它的变化的倾向.
We do not find the implied theoretical assumptions underlying propensity scores to be attractive or robust.我们没发现处理倾向得分理论中具备稳健的假设.
The marginal propensity to import, in other words, is a ' leakage ' from the expenditure stream.换言之, 边际进口倾向是支出流量中的一个 “ 漏出量 ”.
And your defect is a propensity to hate every body.你有一种倾向,──对什么人都感到厌恶,这就是你的缺陷.
He recognized his own propensity to evil.他承认自己生性喜作恶.
Our grave propensity to bureaucracy is inseparable from the current overstaffing of our organizations.我们严重的官僚主义与现在机构的臃肿是分不开的.
Finally, optimization of key parts of brake system was conducted to reduce the brake squeal propensity.最后探讨了如何对关键部件进行设计改进来降低制动尖叫倾向性.
Individuals, companies and some governments have continued their propensity to save.个人 、 企业和一些国家的政府保持了储蓄的习惯.
His propensity for [ toward ] wonder and adventure was growing constantly.他对惊奇、冒险的 癖好 与日俱增.
This waistcoat has a propensity to pucker up over the chest.这件背心的胸部常常要皱拢来.
It'springs from a peculiar propensity of mine, Your Honor.这起源于我的一项异能, 法官阁下.
Such gangs have a propensity to combine against a common enemy.这些帮派有联合起来对付一个共同的敌人的倾向.
Most boys have a propensity of playing with machinery.大多数男孩都有喜欢摆弄机械的倾向.
Little girls have a propensity for playing with dolls.小女孩有玩洋娃娃的习性.
He has a propensity for drinking too much alcohol.他有酗酒的倾向.
So is the propensity to strike over seemingly minor matters.为了一些看起来细小的事情,动辄罢工,原因也在这里.
propensity score matching was used to adjust for differences in baseline health status.运用匹配倾向评分校正对于初始健康状态的差异.
propensity scores are used to reduce selection bias by equating groups based on these covariates.倾向得分通过平衡各组的协变量的方法,用于降低选择偏倚.
Most boys have a propensity for playing with machinery.一般的男孩子都有玩机械的习性.
Should genetic engineers fix nearsightedness, say, or a propensity to put on weight or lose hair?比如说, 遗传工程师应当不应当矫正近视或矫正易于发胖、掉头发的体质 呢 ?
To this end, the authors use a generalised propensity score technique.为此, 作者用广义的倾向评分技术.
That dreadful propensity..for writing verses.
出自：Sydney SmithSelfishness and laziness are..propensities inherent in human beings.
出自：E. FrommHis propensity to..morbid moods.
出自：D. Cecil
