propensity

名词倾向，习性，癖好，偏爱

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

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

1. （性格上的）倾向；习性
    A propensity to do something or a propensity for something is a natural tendency that you have to behave in a particular way.

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. She hasn't reckoned on his propensity for violence.
           她不曾料到他有暴力倾向。

1. propensity

1. Since China is a large country, even a relatively low propensity to invest overseas could add up to a big number.

2. If the propensity to spend among consuming nations is greater than among producing nations, lower prices would promote a global recovery.

3. It offers footnotes to not only a luxurious and decadent lifestyle, but also an iron lady's strong propensity toward the exquisite and the fanciful.

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4. Greece worries that FYROM has designs on the province of Macedonia and is increasingly suspicious of its propensity for renaming airports and highways after Alexander.

5. The West has the propensity to continue with its lavish lifestyle, expecting the rest of the world to foot the bill.

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6. Economists would be wrong to suggest that Chinese lack a propensity for fun and entertainment.

7. That propensity was perhaps best illustrated by his alleged response to a break in a drought that had struck his province in 2010.

8. The result is misinterpretations, and a propensity to miss much of the point in regard to a given story.

9. Bernstein's propensity to simplify complex investment theory makes this book accessible to any interested layman.

10. He recognizes scholarly traits in his son, but bemoans his laziness and propensity to play too much with the maids.

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