proclivity
英 [pr?'kl?v?t?]
美[pr?'kl?v?ti]
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.)).
雙語例句
- 1. the government's proclivity for spending money
- 政府花錢的傾向
來自《權(quán)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(xiàn)在又增加了一種要同法國殖民統(tǒng)治規(guī)模媲美的傾向.
來自辭典例句
- 4. He has a proclivity for exaggeration.
- 他總愛夸夸其談.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. He has a proclivity to [ toward ] violence .
- 他有 暴力 的傾向.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)