propensity
propensity
(pl. -ies)
(pl. -ies)
- an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way
倾向，习性
she has a propensity for breaking plates.
她总会打破碟子。
[with infinitive]their innate propensity to attack one another.
他们互相攻击的内心习性。
- late 16th cent.: from archaic propense (from Latin propensus 'inclined', past participle of propendere, from pro- 'forward, down' + pendere 'hang') + -ity
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