(形容词)预先倾向于……的;易受……影响的;有……倾向/易患……的。常用于描述性格倾向、态度偏好,或对某种疾病/结果的易感性(如 genetically predisposed)。
/ˌpriːdɪˈspoʊzd/ (AmE), /ˌpriːdɪˈspəʊzd/ (BrE)
She is predisposed to worry about small things.
她天生容易为小事担心。
Because of his upbringing and the stories he’d heard, he was predisposed to distrust strangers, even when they offered help.
由于成长环境和听来的种种故事,他预先就倾向于不信任陌生人,即使对方主动提供帮助。
来自 **pre-**(“在……之前”)+ dispose(“使倾向于;使有某种心态/安排”)的过去分词形式 disposed。整体含义就是“事先把一个人的态度/倾向‘摆好’”,引申为“预先倾向于、易受影响”。
(该词也常见于医学、心理学与社会评论类写作;不同版本/译本用词可能有差异。)