propensity:倾向;癖好;(做某事的)习性。指某人较稳定、较强的“容易去做某事”的倾向(常与 to/toward 连用)。
/ prəˈpensəti /
She has a propensity to worry about small things.
她很容易为小事担心。
His propensity for taking risks, shaped by years of entrepreneurship, often led him into bold but uncertain decisions.
他因多年创业而形成的冒险倾向,常常让他做出大胆却不确定的决定。
来自拉丁语 propensus(“倾向于……的”),由 **pro-**(向前)+ pendere(悬挂、称量)相关词根发展而来,原意有“倾斜、偏向某一边”的感觉,后来引申为心理或行为上的“倾向”。