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.)).
proclivity 英文释义
1. a natural inclination;
"he has a proclivity for exaggeration"
proclivity 双语例句
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.
来自互联网
proclivity 实用场景例句
his sexual/criminal proclivities
他的性倾向 / 犯罪倾向
牛津词典
the government's proclivity for spending money
政府花钱的倾向
牛津词典
He was indulging his own sexual proclivities.
他沉浸在自己的过度纵欲中。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
...a proclivity to daydream.
好做白日梦
柯林斯高阶英语词典
Now there was added a proclivity to emulate the scale of French colonial rule.
