propensity
音标：
英音/ prəˈpensəti / 美音/ prəˈpensəti /
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
But none of that seemed to matter to voters, and his propensity to outsmart his political opponents was evident, which the ANC acknowledged.
但是，这似乎对选民没有关系，而他对他的政治对手的倾向是显而易见的，ANC承认这一点。
—BBC
It noted a “high propensity of extra marital relationships between serving personnel” which may have contributed to a “low opinion of female service personnel”.
它指出了“服务人员之间的额外婚姻关系倾向”，这可能导致了“女性服务人员的低意见”。
—BBC
Usually you can’t take your eyes off the game when Stokes is involved because of the propensity for things to happen.
通常，由于发生事情的倾向，您无法将目光投向游戏。
—BBC
基本释意：
noun
a natural inclination
<正式>倾向，习性
同义词：
没有找到同义词
短释义：
If you have a propensity for something, then it’s something that comes naturally to you or something you just do a lot. Some people have a propensity to laugh. Other people have a propensity for making others laugh, or for being generous, or for getting angry. It’s hard to change your propensities. Sometimes a propensity is a bad thing, as in a criminal with a propensity for theft or murder.
倾向是以某种方式行事的自然倾向。我们都有倾向 – 我们倾向于做的事情。狗有吠叫的倾向，许多人倾向于对它感到烦恼。
长释义：
If you have a propensity for something, then it’s something that comes naturally to you or something you just do a lot. Some people have a propensity to laugh. Other people have a propensity for making others laugh, or for being generous, or for getting angry. It’s hard to change your propensities. Sometimes a propensity is a bad thing, as in a criminal with a propensity for theft or murder.
如果您有倾向，那么这对您来说是自然而然的事情，或者您做了很多事情。有些人有笑的倾向。其他人有使他人发笑，慷慨或生气的倾向。很难改变您的倾向。有时，倾向是一件坏事，就像犯有盗窃或谋杀倾向的罪犯一样。
文学例句：
Now, as we are going to leave most of our portmanteaus and luggage here until we return, this propensity of theirs becomes a grave inconvenience.
现在，当我们将大部分的Portmanteaus和行李留在这里，直到我们返回时，他们的这种倾向将带来严重的不便。
—March to Magdala by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
Herder defines human history as “a pure natural history of human powers, actions and propensities, modified by time and place.”
牧民将人类的历史定义为“人类权力，行动和倾向的纯粹自然历史，按时间和地点修改”。
—Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3
“Helmont, Jean” to “Hernosand” by Various
But Charles could claim her neatness and propensity for order.
但是查尔斯可以声称自己的整洁和秩序倾向。
—Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman
词源：
propensity (n.)1560s, “disposition to favor;” 1610s, “a bent of mind, natural or acquired,” with -ty + obsolete adjective propense “inclined, prone” (1520s), from Latin propensus, past participle of propendere “incline to, hang forward, hang down, weigh over,” from pro “forward” (see pro-) + pendere “to hang, cause to hang; weigh” (from PIE root *(s)pen- “to draw, stretch, spin”).Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
倾向（n。）1560年代，“偏爱的倾向”； 1610年代，“弯曲的，自然或获得的”，具有-ty +过时的形容词强度“倾斜，容易发生”（1520年代），来自拉丁倾向，过去的Propentere of Propentere’从“ pro”（请参阅Pro-） + pendere“悬挂”（从PIE根 *） ＆ 更多的
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