• n. 倾向；癖性

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

来自《权威词典》

2. He has a proclivity toward violence.

他有暴力的倾向。

来自辞典例句

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.

来自辞典例句

4. He has a proclivity for exaggeration.

他总爱夸夸其谈.

来自互联网

5. He has a proclivity to [ toward ] violence .

他有 暴力 的倾向.

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