proclivity

英 [prəˈklɪv.ə.ti]      美 [prəˈklɪv.ə.t̬i]
  • n. 倾向;癖性
星级词汇:
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1、pro- "forward" + cliv- + -ity.
2、取引申义。
proclivity 倾向,癖好

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

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.)).
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.

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