英 [prəˈpensəti] 美 [prəˈpensəti]
n. <正式>倾向，习性
复数propensities
propensity /prəˈpɛnsɪtɪ/
可数名词 A propensity to do something or a propensity for something is a natural tendency to behave in a particular way. (行为) 倾向
Mr. Bint has a propensity to put off decisions to the last minute.
宾特先生有一种将决定拖到最后一分钟的倾向。
a natural inclination
同义词： proclivity / leaning
倾向-引用次数：7
倾向
自然趋势
...达式：c=c(y) c 与y 正相关：随着收入的增加，消费也会增加，但是消费的增加不及收入增加的多 （三）、消费 倾向 （ Propensity ）：消费与收入的比。
... Rogue 流氓；游手好闲；欺诈 Propensity 嗜好；偏向；习性 Snap 突然折断；猛咬；【俚】容易之事 ...
... versatile adj. 多才多艺的;通用的，万能的;多面手的 propensity n. 倾向，习性;癖好，偏爱 retentive adj. 保持的;记性好的 ...
Evans提出的数学模型，将每三篇论文编进一个模组（block），通过一定指标建立起公式计算论文的倾向性（propensity），研究什么样的论文有稳健型（robustness）和一般化的潜质。
He showed a propensity for violence.
他表现出暴力倾向。
Mr. Bint has a propensity to put off decisions to the last minute.
宾特先生有一种将决定拖到最后一分钟的倾向。
She has a propensity to exaggerate.
她爱言过其实。
"We discovered 150 or so genetic markers that can highly predict whether or not a person has the genetic propensity to live to extreme old age."
VOA : standard.2010.07.14
And what Darwin is claiming here, and it's a controversial and interesting claim, is that language is special in that there's some sort of propensity or capacity or instinct for language unlike the other examples he gives.
达尔文在此所表达的观点,极具争议而又非常有趣,这个观点认为,语言之所以特殊,是因为总有某些倾向,能力或本能,使得语言与他所举的其他例子有所不同
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The propensity of business conditions to change is driving the increasing interest in the cloud.
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You must therefore know who will help and who will hinder your propensity to succeed.
Twitter, with its propensity to mock just about everything, was an especially fertile ground for divisiveness.
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