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词汇 proclivity
释义 proclivity
noun[ C ]
 formaluk /prəˈklɪv.ə.ti/ us /prəˈklɪv.ə.t̬i/
the fact that someone likes something or likes to do something, especially something considered morally wrong: 癖性;(尤指坏的)倾向
the sexual proclivities of celebrities名人的性癖好
his proclivity for shapely blondes他对身材匀称的金发女郎的偏爱
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Locality was certainly of importance as were consumer proclivities towards the value and utility and the nature and availability of individual commodities in shaping the early modern global economy.
A relevant addendum involves considering research on children's orientation to teleological explanations of natural phenomena, which suggests that relatively rich cognitive proclivities might underlie religious thought.
I do not think that at any stage anyone has referred to the artistic proclivities of the recipients of bounty.
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Nevertheless, they are the kind of proclivities that should be revealed by an efficient, positive vetting system.
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I understand that that is rather a long way from his proclivities.
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His proclivities and tendencies are all in favour of the landlord.
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I want to know whether he intends to maintain his sphinx-like proclivities.
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Other member states will have different packages of ideas reflecting their historical traditions, proclivities and particular political majorities.
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We should make a study of their proclivities.
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A dangerous, and in some cases underestimated, disease which feeds on ethnocentric proclivities, often concealed and hidden, in some cases masked by seemingly democratic and legitimate acts.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
I gather from the information which has been given to me that in the main this board was concerned with what sporting proclivities the candidate had.
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Another factor that undermined the influence of intelligence with civilian decision makers was the military proclivity for ' worst-case ' assessments.
The result was a proclivity for deficits, financed through monetary issue, which led in the first half of the 1920s to inflations and hyper-inflations.
His religious proclivities were encouraged when he witnessed the violent death of a clan member.
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Essentially, genes provide proclivities and potentialities continuously involving feedback mechanisms with the environment throughout life, but especially during prenatal and early childhood.
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