英语词汇“proclivity”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

proclivity

/prəˈklɪvɪti

noun (plural proclivities)

A tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition towards a particular thing: a proclivity for hard work...

And there is no evidence that the holding of liberal views on sexual matters correlates with a proclivity towards the sexual abuse of minors.
Some obsessions appear to have larger pertinence to a person's sexual proclivities.
Yet an action that affects other people is always, by definition, a moral issue, regardless of whether the actor chooses the proclivity to engage in it.

Synonyms

liking, inclination, tendency, leaning, disposition, propensity, bent, bias, penchant, predisposition, predilection, partiality, preference, taste, fondness, weakness, proneness

rare velleity

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin proclivitas, from proclivis 'inclined', from pro- 'forward, down' + clivus 'slope'.

单词	proclivity
释义	proclivity /prəˈklɪvɪti / noun (plural proclivities) A tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition towards a particular thing: a proclivity for* hard work... And there is no evidence that the holding of liberal views on sexual matters correlates with a proclivity towards the sexual abuse of minors. Some obsessions appear to have larger pertinence to a person's sexual proclivities. Yet an action that affects other people is always, by definition, a moral issue, regardless of whether the actor chooses the proclivity to engage in it. Synonyms liking, inclination, tendency, leaning, disposition, propensity, bent, bias, penchant, predisposition, predilection, partiality, preference, taste, fondness, weakness, proneness rare* velleity Origin Late 16th century: from Latin proclivitas, from proclivis 'inclined', from pro- 'forward, down' + clivus 'slope'.
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