proclivity

英 [pr?'kl?v?t?] 美[pr?'kl?v?ti]
  • n. 傾向；癖性
TOEFL暢通詞匯

詞態(tài)變化

復(fù)數(shù):?proclivities;

助記提示

1、pro- "forward" + cliv- + -ity.
2、取引申義。

中文詞源

proclivity 傾向，癖好

pro-,向前，-cliv,傾斜，詞源同acclivity,lean.引申詞義傾向，癖好。

英文詞源

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.)).

雙語(yǔ)例句

1. the government's proclivity for spending money
政府花錢的傾向

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

2. He has a proclivity toward violence.
他有暴力的傾向。

來(lái)自辭典例句

3. Now there was added a proclivity to emulate the scale of French colonial rule.
現(xiàn)在又增加了一種要同法國(guó)殖民統(tǒng)治規(guī)模媲美的傾向.

來(lái)自辭典例句

4. He has a proclivity for exaggeration.
他總愛夸夸其談.

來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

5. He has a proclivity to [ toward ] violence .
他有 暴力 的傾向.

來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)