propensity

propensity

美 [prəˈpensəti] 　英

• n.倾向；癖好；脾性
• 网络习性；嗜好；倾向性

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This is, after all, the only industry whose propensity to failure seems to be as great as in the 19th century.

毕竟，这是唯一一个失败倾向似乎与19世纪一样大的行业。

He may be waving a big stick at Albany, but he is speaking softly and, for now, seems to be avoiding Mr Spitzer's propensity to arrogance.

他也许会对阿尔巴尼的政客们挥舞大棒，但是他态度婉转，旨在避免重蹈施皮策傲慢的覆辙。

It would be too simplistic to put all of this down to a cultural propensity to defer to bullying corporate bosses.

如果把这一切归结为一种听命于仗势欺人的公司老板的文化习性，那么就会过于简单了。

It would only shift the surplus to the commodity exporters, whose propensity to consume out of additional export revenues may be very low.

这将只是把盈余转移给大宗商品出口国，而这些国家将额外出口收入用于消费的倾向可能非常低。

Age did not seem to make a difference in the propensity to share.

年龄在对共享的偏爱上没有什么区别。

A propensity to be saucy was one; and a perverse will, that indulged children invariably acquire, whether they be good-tempered or cross.

莽撞的性子是一个；还有倔强的意志，这是被娇惯的孩子们一定有的，不论他们脾气好坏。

Net travel propensity refers to the percentage of the population that takes at least one tourism trip in a given period of time.

指在一定的时间内至少参加一次旅游的人数占人口总数的比例。总旅游倾向

We do not find the implied theoretical assumptions underlying propensity scores to be attractive or robust.

我们没发现处理倾向得分理论中具备稳健的假设。

Gross travel propensity gives the total number of tourism trips taken as a percentage of the population.

指参加旅游的总人数占人口总数的比例。需求量

I think the reason is many years of indoctrination and obedience has led to a propensity to acquiesce to others expectations.

我认为原因是多年的灌输和服从导致了一种倾向，以默许他人的期望。

And their propensity to be spectacularly wrong seems not to damage their business at all.

出奇的错误率似乎丝毫不影响他们的生意。

With his huge salary and his propensity for injury, there may not be much interest around the league.

背着巨大的薪水，带著惯于受伤的身体，联盟中没有什么球队会对他感兴趣。

However, the quality of information has not always evolved nor has the propensity for humans to panic less.

然而，信息的质量并非始终都在提高，人类的恐慌倾向也没有改善。

The younger generation has a strong propensity for instant gratification, wanting it all and wanting it fast.

年青一代渴望即时的满足，什么都想要，而且马上就想得到。

Augustin Tzen's staunchly independent mindset has led him to a propensity for individual battle.

曾仕猷不拘一格的独立心态，使他养成一种单打独斗的习性。

What was not known at the time, however, was DDT's propensity to accumulate, persist and damage the environment.

然而在那时没有人知道，滴滴涕有富集性，稳定性并且破坏环境。

Since this propensity is genetically embedded on our brains, we have no way of preventing its manifestation.

因为焦虑这种心理活动是深深植根于我们的大脑中的，我们没有办法阻止它不出现。

Earth has a propensity to give of her information to "save" other creations, and this is how she has lost so much over time.

地球拥有一个将自己的信息给出以“拯救”其它造物的倾向，这就是她怎么会随时间遗失了如此多东西的缘故。

Absolutely shameless in its propensity for violence and nonstop action -- and, most of the time, a heck of a lot of fun to watch.

暴力倾向和不间断动作的无缝集成——还有，在大多数时间，有很多笑料可供。

This forbidding figure speaks in the voice of your deepest doubt, your greatest fear or your own propensity to criticise yourself.

这个难以接近的形象来自于你内心深处的质疑、你最大的恐惧或者“谴责自己”这一倾向。

But it may explain how people with apparently similar lifestyles differ in propensity to put on weight.

但是它可能解释相同生活方式的人们却有不同的增加体重的倾向。

Like many Chinese officials, Mr Yu displays a facility with figures and a propensity to deploy them using military metaphors.

和许多中国官员一样，于幼军喜欢用数字说话，还喜欢给数字加上军事比喻。

Previous research has shown that our propensity towards generosity is only partly explained by our genes.

之前的研究已经表明，我们倾向慷慨的习惯也仅仅只是部分能够用我们的基因来解释。

Given the propensity for human error in such circumstances, mechanised grunts might make such calls better than flesh-and-blood officers.

鉴于人类在那些环境中易于失误的倾向，机械化了士兵更愿意呼叫它们，而不是那些有血有肉的长官。

They need Davis to be in shape, engaged, motivated -- and a lot of other things he hasn't shown the propensity to be.

他们需要戴维斯做的是转型，融合以及积极性——还有很多很多球队需要他做的事情他还没有表现出来。

An alternative would be to estimate a linear model and assume that the marginal propensity to import is constant.

另一个选择是将估计线性模型和假设的边际进口的倾向是不变的。

If children are naturally helpful and sociable, what system of child-rearing best takes advantage of this surprising propensity?

如果孩子天生乐于助人而且善于交际，那么教育孩子的体系从这令人吃惊的倾向性中得到最大的好处是什么呢？

Ongoing from that was a phase of a propensity for depression, for compulsion, for paranoia.

那的确是一段抑郁，容易偏执钻牛角尖的日子。

Mr. Bint has a propensity to put off decisions to the last minute.

Bint先生总把决定推到最后一分钟。

Underestimating your own propensity to have conversational blind spots!

低估你在对话中产生盲点的倾向。

An organization's propensity toward "governability" will be a major factor in its ability to adopt a governance strategy.

组织对“治理能力”的倾向将成为其采用治理策略的主要因素。

A high marginal propensity to consume increases the effect of any expansion in autonomous spending.

3一个高的边际消费倾向增大了任意的自发支出扩张的影响。

And residential construction is as good a way as any to illustrate Houston's propensity for the never-ending makeover.

而住宅建筑正好是描述休斯敦除旧更新习性的恰当方式。

JL: Was it your propensity for offbeat roles that led you to the title role in "Don Juan De Marco? "

刘：是不是你的马倾向胡安德为主导的另类角色“唐你的标题的作用吗？”

Watch now for your propensity to be over-protective.

现在注意你性格里的过度保护倾向。

A propensity score analysis to adjust for different baseline clinical, angiographic, and procedural characteristics was performed.

通过调整不同的基线临床，造影，程序特性完成了一个倾向积分分析。

The size of the multiplier depends on the marginal propensity to consume and on tax rates.

乘数的大小取决于边际消费倾向与税率。

Since the poor have a far higher marginal propensity to consume than the wealthy, Mr Cain's plan would kill demand in the economy.

由于穷人的边际消费倾向比富人更高，凯恩的方案可能会扼杀经济中的需求。

Propensity score matching was used to adjust for differences in baseline health status.

运用匹配倾向评分校正对于初始健康状态的差异。

The frequency interpretation and the propensity interpretation belong to the objective interpretation of modern inductive logic.

频率解释和性向解释都属于现代归纳逻辑理论中的客观解释。