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proclivity

英 [prə'klɪvɪtɪ] 美 [prə'klɪvəti]

解释

n. 倾向；癖性

※ 提供单词"proclivity"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

proclivity 倾向，癖好

pro-,向前，-cliv,倾斜，词源同acclivity,lean.引申词义倾向，癖好。

英文词源

proclivity (n.): 1590s, from Middle French proclivité or directly from Latin proclivitatem (nominative proclivitas) "a tendency, predisposition, propensity," from proclivis "prone to," literally "sloping, inclined," from pro- "forward" (see pro-) + clivus "a slope," from PIE *klei-wo-, suffixed form of *klei "to lean" (see lean (v.)).

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例句和用法

1. the government's proclivity for spending money: 政府花钱的倾向

2. He has a proclivity toward violence.: 他有暴力的倾向。

3. Now there was added a proclivity to emulate the scale of French colonial rule.: 现在又增加了一种要同法国殖民统治规模媲美的倾向.

4. He has a proclivity for exaggeration.: 他总爱夸夸其谈.

5. He has a proclivity to [ toward ] violence .: 他有暴力的倾向.