dispositions

英 [ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃənz]

美 [ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃənz]

n.  性格; 性情; 倾向; 意向; 排列; 布置; 安排
disposition的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 性情;性格
  Someone'sdispositionis the way that they tend to behave or feel.
  1. The rides are unsuitable for people of a nervous disposition...
     骑马这一活动不适合天性易紧张的人。
  2. He was a man of decisive action and an adventurous disposition.
     他是一个行动果断又爱冒险的人。
  3. ...his friendly and cheerful disposition.
     他友善又开朗的个性
• N-SING 倾向;意向
  Adisposition todo something is a willingness to do it.
  1. This has given him a disposition to consider our traditions critically...
     这使他倾向以批判眼光看待我们的传统。
  2. They show no disposition to improvise or to take risks.
     他们不愿意临时凑合或冒险。
• N-SING 排列;布置
  If you refer tothe disposition ofa number of objects, you mean the pattern in which they are arranged or their positions in relation to each other.
  1. ...to understand the buildings from the disposition of walls and entrances.
     从墙体门窗布局来识别建筑物
• N-COUNT (财产的)赠予，转让，分配
  Thedisposition ofmoney or property is the act of giving or distributing it to a number of people.
  1. Judge Stacks was appointed to oversee the disposition of funds.
     斯塔克斯法官被指定监督资金的分配。

双语例句

• Flighty people often have volatile dispositions.
  轻浮的人经常反复无常。
• Some affect humanity and tenderness, others boast of having such dispositions from Nature; but he is the only man I ever knew who seemed ashamed of his natural benevolence.
  有的人假装仁慈厚道，还有些人夸耀说这样的秉性乃天性使然；但在我认识的人当中，惟有他似乎羞耻于其与生俱来的慈悲之心。
• We got out some information about the enemy's dispositions from the captured enemy officer.
  我们从俘获的敌人军官那里盘问出一些有关敌军部署的情况。
• Their distinctive customs manners laws habits moral dispositions and sentiments and Aristotle's constitutional theorizing begins by asking a simple question.
  意即他们特有的习惯，风俗，法律，习性，道德意向及社群观感，而亚里士多德的本质理论化过程，是透过提问一个简单的问题。
• Soon they find themselves drawn into a global conspiracy that involves several countries and several monsters with varying dispositions.
  很快，他们就发现自己卷入了一个全球阴谋之中，许多国家和怪兽都牵扯其中。
• Men of the noblest dispositions think themselves happiest then others share their happiness with them.
  与他人分享快乐而得到最大快乐的人，是具有高尚情操的人。
• Caribbean people are well-known for their friendly, patient dispositions.
  加勒比海人友善和具耐心的天性是很出名的。
• Where specified by contract, customer concession applies to "Use as Is" and "Repair" dispositions.
  在合同中规定，顾客让步适用于“照常使用”和“修复”。
• But we maintain there are certainly inherent dispositions, though we don't know whether they are genetic.
  但我们认为一定有某些天生的取向，可是我们不知道这些取向是否有遗传性。
• When children go to school, they already have "minds"& they have knowledge and dispositions of judgment which may be appealed to through the use of language.
  当儿童上学时，他们已经有了“见解”，即已经有了知识和判断的倾向。通过使用语言就可以唤起这些倾向。