及物动词使预先有倾向; 使易接受; 使倾向于做; 使易于患(病)
及物动词
1. Fatigue predispose to colds.
疲劳易使人患感冒。
2. Frustration predisposes him to look on the dark side of things.
挫折使他遇事只看其阴暗面。
3. Fatigue predisposes one to colds.
疲劳使人易患感冒。
4. predispose
4. I have heard nothing that predisposes me in her favor.
我没有听过任何使我偏向她的事。
不及物动词
1. Poor health predisposes to infection.
健康状况不佳易受感染。
1. 使倾向於,使偏向於:predict 预测,预知 | predispose 使倾向於,使偏向於 | predominant 支配,优势的
2. 预先安排:predilection 嗜好 | predispose 预先安排 | predisposition 素因
3. 事先倾向,易于,癖好,倾向:exposure to too much noise 面临太多的噪音 | predispose 事先倾向,易于,癖好,倾向 | a relaxed stance 放松的姿势
4. 使偏向于:predispersor 前置分光器 | predispose 使偏向于 | predisposing 素因性的
1. 使倾向于;使有意向
If something predisposes you to think or behave in a particular way, it makes it likely that you will think or behave in that way.
e.g. They take pains to hire people whose personalities predispose them to serve customers well...
他们千方百计雇用那些性格上天生适合服务顾客的人。
e.g. There is evidence to suggest that certain factors predispose some individuals to criminal behaviour.
有证据表明,特定的因素会使某些人产生犯罪倾向。
2. 使易感染,使易患(某种疾病)
If something predisposes you to a disease or illness, it makes it likely that you will suffer from that disease or illness.
e.g. ...a gene that predisposes people to alcoholism.
使人容易嗜酒的基因
verb
1. make susceptible
e.g. This illness predisposes you to gain weight