predisposition

英 [ˌpriːdɪspəˈzɪʃn]

美 [ˌpriːdɪspəˈzɪʃn]

n.  倾向; 癖性; (易患某种病的)体质

复数：predispositions　

IELTSGRE医学

BNC.20430 / COCA.14376

牛津词典

noun

• 倾向；癖性；（易患某种病的）体质
  a condition that makes sb/sth likely to behave in a particular way or to suffer from a particular disease
  1. a genetic predisposition to liver disease
     易患肝病的遗传体质

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 倾向；禀性
  If you have apredisposition tobehave in a particular way, you tend to behave like that because of the kind of person that you are or the attitudes that you have.
  1. ...a woman's predisposition to use the right side of her brain...
     女性使用右脑的倾向
  2. There is a thin dividing line between educating the public and creating a predisposition to panic.
     对公众进行教育和制造恐慌倾向之间没有明显的分界。
• N-COUNT （易患某种疾病的）倾向，体质
  If you have apredisposition toa disease or illness, it is likely that you will suffer from that disease or illness.
  1. ...a genetic predisposition to lung cancer.
     易患肺癌的遗传倾向

英英释义

noun

• a disposition in advance to react in a particular way
• an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way
• susceptibility to a pathogen
  Synonym:sensitivity

双语例句

• However, there is increasingly strong evidence of a genetic predisposition to scleroderma.
  然而，存在硬皮病遗传因素的日益增长的证据。
• But he did not indicate a predisposition to raise interest rates soon.
  但他没有表示出将很快加息的倾向。
• The research shows that some illnesses may require a combination of genetic predisposition and infection.
  这项研究表明，有些疾病是遗传基因易感性和病毒感染的共同作用引发的。
• The doctor prescribed a medicine to tone up the system. constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality.
  医生开了一种增强体质的药。对于某种疾病增强身体素质的倾向。
• Constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality.
  对于某种疾病增强身体素质的倾向。
• She may have inherited the predisposition to murder the man she marries.
  她说不定继承了谋杀亲夫的禀性。
• It creates and controls our genetic emotional profile as well as our predisposition to certain emotional conditions.
  它创造和控制我们的遗传情感模式和对某一个情感状况容易得病的体质。
• The main predisposition of occurrence of this disease lies in the seasonal changes and forage conversion.
  季节转换和饲草料结构的变化是本病发生的主要诱因。
• This can result in low birth weight and predisposition to infectious diseases, such as measles, tuberculosis and pneumonia.
  这可能会导致低出生率和初生儿易患传染病，如麻疹，肺结核和肺炎的问题。
• The haploid dominance is one of important factors of genetic predisposition of CAD.
  单倍体优势是冠心病遗传易感性的重要因素之一。