英語單詞

proclivity是什麽意思

proclivity

英 [prə'klɪvɪtɪ] 美 [prə'klɪvəti]
  • n. 傾向;癖性

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.)).

雙語例句


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

來自《權威詞典》

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

來自辭典例句

3. Now there was added a proclivity to emulate the scale of French colonial rule.
現在又增加了一種要同法國殖民統治規模媲美的傾向.

來自辭典例句

4. He has a proclivity for exaggeration.
他總愛誇誇其談.

來自互聯網

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

來自互聯網

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