Definition of proclivity in English:

proclivity

nounPlural proclivities prəˈklɪvɪti

A tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition towards a particular thing.
倾向；癖性
a proclivity for hard work
对辛勤工作的癖好。
Example sentencesExamples
- Sexual proclivity, especially one that is not acted on, does not necessarily entail a loss of impulse control.
- The German proclivity towards deep motifs is at least partially attributable to the use of water-powered cutting wheels.
- Personally I have a proclivity to be ecstatic, but it's interesting, my studies have studied the most ‘sober’.
- And there is no evidence that the holding of liberal views on sexual matters correlates with a proclivity towards the sexual abuse of minors.
- What does that say about our own friendships and our unfortunate proclivity to ignore people who are not similar?
- When he first began Gay Ski Week, he initially downplayed the homosexual element, partly because he was reluctant to be too public about his own sexual proclivities.
- All of these things independently contribute to Redfern's crime problems and all of them also contribute to the proclivity amongst young people in Redfern to use drugs.
- He cannot, therefore, be accused of pandering to the partisan proclivities of the people.
- One emphasis of the workshop was on ways of reading animals to determine their biological proclivities towards skittishness.
- Because I am gay, my sexual proclivities are not hindered by a gender gap.
- Yet an action that affects other people is always, by definition, a moral issue, regardless of whether the actor chooses the proclivity to engage in it.
- I mean, I don't believe you inherit these conditions per se, but you inherit a slight proclivity towards them.
- Some obsessions appear to have larger pertinence to a person's sexual proclivities.
- And underneath everything is a proclivity toward epic storytelling - even if one is not always sure exactly what the story is.
- Your health insurer may wish to know about your sexual proclivities; the security services may want to know about any suspicious book purchases you may have made with your credit card.
- I'm a grown person with masculine proclivities and habits of self-defense, but there is a time when all systems of egotism and predominance fail.
- It involves a ‘politics of the will’ in which a person's capacities and proclivities are at the fore.
- In the current study, parental monitoring relates in parallel ways to personal self-esteem and lower proclivities toward risk factors.
- There has been enough mockery in the Western media concerning the proclivity of Chinese people to create counterfeit Western goods.
- Even if one abides by the rules, the prospect of getting hit looms large, for there are any number of people who have a proclivity for reckless driving.
Synonyms
liking, inclination, tendency, leaning, disposition, propensity, bent, bias, penchant, predisposition, predilection, partiality, preference, taste, fondness, weakness, proneness
rare velleity

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin proclivitas, from proclivis 'inclined', from pro- 'forward, down' + clivus 'slope'.

Definition of proclivity in US English:

proclivity

noun

A tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition toward a particular thing.
倾向；癖性
a proclivity for hard work
对辛勤工作的癖好。
Example sentencesExamples
- Sexual proclivity, especially one that is not acted on, does not necessarily entail a loss of impulse control.
- I'm a grown person with masculine proclivities and habits of self-defense, but there is a time when all systems of egotism and predominance fail.
- He cannot, therefore, be accused of pandering to the partisan proclivities of the people.
- In the current study, parental monitoring relates in parallel ways to personal self-esteem and lower proclivities toward risk factors.
- The German proclivity towards deep motifs is at least partially attributable to the use of water-powered cutting wheels.
- Even if one abides by the rules, the prospect of getting hit looms large, for there are any number of people who have a proclivity for reckless driving.
- Personally I have a proclivity to be ecstatic, but it's interesting, my studies have studied the most ‘sober’.
- It involves a ‘politics of the will’ in which a person's capacities and proclivities are at the fore.
- And underneath everything is a proclivity toward epic storytelling - even if one is not always sure exactly what the story is.
- When he first began Gay Ski Week, he initially downplayed the homosexual element, partly because he was reluctant to be too public about his own sexual proclivities.
- There has been enough mockery in the Western media concerning the proclivity of Chinese people to create counterfeit Western goods.
- And there is no evidence that the holding of liberal views on sexual matters correlates with a proclivity towards the sexual abuse of minors.
- Yet an action that affects other people is always, by definition, a moral issue, regardless of whether the actor chooses the proclivity to engage in it.
- Some obsessions appear to have larger pertinence to a person's sexual proclivities.
- What does that say about our own friendships and our unfortunate proclivity to ignore people who are not similar?
- I mean, I don't believe you inherit these conditions per se, but you inherit a slight proclivity towards them.
- Your health insurer may wish to know about your sexual proclivities; the security services may want to know about any suspicious book purchases you may have made with your credit card.
- All of these things independently contribute to Redfern's crime problems and all of them also contribute to the proclivity amongst young people in Redfern to use drugs.
- One emphasis of the workshop was on ways of reading animals to determine their biological proclivities towards skittishness.
- Because I am gay, my sexual proclivities are not hindered by a gender gap.
Synonyms
liking, inclination, tendency, leaning, disposition, propensity, bent, bias, penchant, predisposition, predilection, partiality, preference, taste, fondness, weakness, proneness

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin proclivitas, from proclivis ‘inclined’, from pro- ‘forward, down’ + clivus ‘slope’.

词汇	proclivity
释义	Definition of proclivity in English: proclivity nounPlural proclivities prəˈklɪvɪti A tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition towards a particular thing. 倾向；癖性 a proclivity for hard work 对辛勤工作的癖好。 Example sentencesExamples Sexual proclivity, especially one that is not acted on, does not necessarily entail a loss of impulse control. The German proclivity towards deep motifs is at least partially attributable to the use of water-powered cutting wheels. Personally I have a proclivity to be ecstatic, but it's interesting, my studies have studied the most ‘sober’. And there is no evidence that the holding of liberal views on sexual matters correlates with a proclivity towards the sexual abuse of minors. What does that say about our own friendships and our unfortunate proclivity to ignore people who are not similar? When he first began Gay Ski Week, he initially downplayed the homosexual element, partly because he was reluctant to be too public about his own sexual proclivities. All of these things independently contribute to Redfern's crime problems and all of them also contribute to the proclivity amongst young people in Redfern to use drugs. He cannot, therefore, be accused of pandering to the partisan proclivities of the people. One emphasis of the workshop was on ways of reading animals to determine their biological proclivities towards skittishness. Because I am gay, my sexual proclivities are not hindered by a gender gap. Yet an action that affects other people is always, by definition, a moral issue, regardless of whether the actor chooses the proclivity to engage in it. I mean, I don't believe you inherit these conditions per se, but you inherit a slight proclivity towards them. Some obsessions appear to have larger pertinence to a person's sexual proclivities. And underneath everything is a proclivity toward epic storytelling - even if one is not always sure exactly what the story is. Your health insurer may wish to know about your sexual proclivities; the security services may want to know about any suspicious book purchases you may have made with your credit card. I'm a grown person with masculine proclivities and habits of self-defense, but there is a time when all systems of egotism and predominance fail. It involves a ‘politics of the will’ in which a person's capacities and proclivities are at the fore. In the current study, parental monitoring relates in parallel ways to personal self-esteem and lower proclivities toward risk factors. There has been enough mockery in the Western media concerning the proclivity of Chinese people to create counterfeit Western goods. Even if one abides by the rules, the prospect of getting hit looms large, for there are any number of people who have a proclivity for reckless driving. Synonyms liking, inclination, tendency, leaning, disposition, propensity, bent, bias, penchant, predisposition, predilection, partiality, preference, taste, fondness, weakness, proneness rare velleity Origin Late 16th century: from Latin proclivitas, from proclivis 'inclined', from pro- 'forward, down' + clivus 'slope'. Definition of proclivity in US English: proclivity noun A tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition toward a particular thing. 倾向；癖性 a proclivity for hard work 对辛勤工作的癖好。 Example sentencesExamples Sexual proclivity, especially one that is not acted on, does not necessarily entail a loss of impulse control. I'm a grown person with masculine proclivities and habits of self-defense, but there is a time when all systems of egotism and predominance fail. He cannot, therefore, be accused of pandering to the partisan proclivities of the people. In the current study, parental monitoring relates in parallel ways to personal self-esteem and lower proclivities toward risk factors. The German proclivity towards deep motifs is at least partially attributable to the use of water-powered cutting wheels. Even if one abides by the rules, the prospect of getting hit looms large, for there are any number of people who have a proclivity for reckless driving. Personally I have a proclivity to be ecstatic, but it's interesting, my studies have studied the most ‘sober’. It involves a ‘politics of the will’ in which a person's capacities and proclivities are at the fore. And underneath everything is a proclivity toward epic storytelling - even if one is not always sure exactly what the story is. When he first began Gay Ski Week, he initially downplayed the homosexual element, partly because he was reluctant to be too public about his own sexual proclivities. There has been enough mockery in the Western media concerning the proclivity of Chinese people to create counterfeit Western goods. And there is no evidence that the holding of liberal views on sexual matters correlates with a proclivity towards the sexual abuse of minors. Yet an action that affects other people is always, by definition, a moral issue, regardless of whether the actor chooses the proclivity to engage in it. Some obsessions appear to have larger pertinence to a person's sexual proclivities. What does that say about our own friendships and our unfortunate proclivity to ignore people who are not similar? I mean, I don't believe you inherit these conditions per se, but you inherit a slight proclivity towards them. Your health insurer may wish to know about your sexual proclivities; the security services may want to know about any suspicious book purchases you may have made with your credit card. All of these things independently contribute to Redfern's crime problems and all of them also contribute to the proclivity amongst young people in Redfern to use drugs. One emphasis of the workshop was on ways of reading animals to determine their biological proclivities towards skittishness. Because I am gay, my sexual proclivities are not hindered by a gender gap. Synonyms liking, inclination, tendency, leaning, disposition, propensity, bent, bias, penchant, predisposition, predilection, partiality, preference, taste, fondness, weakness, proneness Origin Late 16th century: from Latin proclivitas, from proclivis ‘inclined’, from pro- ‘forward, down’ + clivus ‘slope’.
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