| 词汇 | predisposition |
| 释义 | predisposition noun[ C ] formaluk /ˌpriː.dɪs.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/ us /ˌpriː.dɪs.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/ the state of being likely to behave in a particular way or to suffer from a particular disease: 倾向;禀性;（易患某种疾病的）体质 She has an annoying predisposition to find fault.她有爱挑毛病这一令人讨厌的禀性。 There is evidence that a predisposition to(wards) asthma runs in families.有证据表明易患哮喘是家族遗传的。 Habitual behaviour ADL atavism atavistic counter-tendency creature creature of habitidiom diet habit how sb rollsidiom idiosyncrasy idiosyncratic idiosyncratically leaning ritual ritualism ritualistic ritualistically ritualized routine specialize You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Disease & illness - general words Examples of predispositionpredisposition Acknowledging the prior operation of group selection provides an evolutionarily coherent explanation of the survival of human behavioral predispositions that enable social cooperation. To some extent, apparent predisposition to reinfection could arise from imperfect efficacy of cure. In those cases where a more in-depth explanation is put forward, this typically refers to individual predispositions. The emphasis on constraints presupposes that the basic, universal, species typical behavioral predispositions of humans are foraging only. After having made such assumptions, researchers typically go on to investigate how predispositions affect opinion formation, information processing, voting behaviour, or some other important topic. On the one hand, they acknowledge that humans possess innate predispositions just like all other creatures. Collectively, these results reveal personality to be comparable to demographics and to fundamental political predispositions in two important manners. Studies of multiple infections are also important for furthering understanding of crossspecies immunity and predisposition to infection within hosts. As expected, the links between religious behaviour and belief and non-moral policy predispositions and issue attitudes are weaker and less consistent across religious traditions. All behavior, normal and abnormal alike, is the product of congenital or acquired conditions affecting emotional or volitional predispositions. Because of their important political effects, there has been plenty of research on the antecedents of political predispositions. The strength of predisposition to heavy infections also increased across the study groups. The outcomes of public policies thus seem to provide feedback for a continuous and gradual revision of political predispositions. For example, we are well versed in the impact of demographics and attitudinal predispositions. Reduced cardiac conduction velocity and predisposition to arrhythmias in connexin40-deficient mice. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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