Propensity
[prə'pensɪtɪ] or [prə'pɛnsəti]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency.
奥罗拉編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Inclination, PRONENESS.
校對:马奇
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Bent, predilection, proclivity,[See PROCLIVITY]
手打:罗纳德
例句/造句/用法:
- Thirdly, Account for that propensity, which this illusion gives, to unite these broken appearances by a continued existence. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Love had come, as the rod of the master-prophet, to swallow up every minor propensity. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- But man's propensity for wearing clothes has led to the invention of every variety of tools for making them faster, cheaper, and better. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- A strong propensity or inclination alone, without any present impression, will sometimes cause a belief or opinion. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- She had a curious propensity to call Mrs. Bounderby 'Miss Gradgrind,' and yielded to it some three or four score times in the course of the evening. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Fourthly and lastly, Explain that force and vivacity of conception, which arises from the propensity. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- The great propensity men have to pride may be considered as another similar phaenomenon. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- The relation causes a smooth passage from the impression to the idea, and even gives a propensity to that passage. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Each faulty propensity in leading him to evil, had led him likewise to punishment. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Amelia seeing this propensity, laughingly encouraged it and looked exceedingly roguish as she administered to him cup after cup. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- A spare and rare shaft she still reserved for his unfortunate poetic propensity; but even here she would tolerate no irony save her own. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Where reason is lively, and mixes itself with some propensity, it ought to be assented to. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- This propensity gave Mrs. Rouncewell great uneasiness. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- But the figures had the old obstinate propensity--they WOULD NOT add up. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- He was a clever man; a pleasant companion; a careless student; with a great propensity for running into debt, and a partiality for the tavern. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Hortense and she possessed an exhaustless mutual theme of conversation in the corrupt propensities of servants. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- They are natives of the southeast of Asia and are remarkable for their pugnacious propensities. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- He can influence the blood-thirsty war-dogs, while I resist their propensities vainly. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- What a pigmy intellect she had, and what giant propensities! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- But of his minuter propensities, as you call them you have from peculiar circumstances been kept more ignorant than myself. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- And Herbert had seen him as a predatory Tartar of comic propensities, with a face like a red brick, and an outrageous hat all over bells. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- How fearful were the curses those propensities entailed on me! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- The merit and demerit of actions frequently contradict, and sometimes controul our natural propensities. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Here then the contradiction betwixt the propensities of the imagination and passion displays itself. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- We build now on his intellectual faculties, we establish our hopes on his moral propensities. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Well, propensities and principles must be reconciled by some means. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Science represents the safeguard of the race against these natural propensities and the evils which flow from them. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
校對:迈克尔