1. propensity的解释

1. He recognized his own propensity to evil.
    他承认自己生性喜作恶。

1. 习性,爱好：propend,vi,倾向,爱好 | propensity,习性,爱好 | spend,v,花费,其实就是expend,读一读,发音差不多吧

2. 倾向,嗜好：prison 监狱,拘留所;监禁,禁闭 | propensity 倾向,嗜好 | puddle (路上的)水坑,污水坑

1. （性格上的）倾向；习性
    A propensity to do something or a propensity for something is a natural tendency that you have to behave in a particular way.

    e.g. Mr Bint has a propensity to put off decisions to the last minute...
           宾特先生习惯拖到最后时刻才作决定。
    e.g. She hasn''t reckoned on his propensity for violence.
           她不曾料到他有暴力倾向。

1. a disposition to behave in a certain way

    e.g. the aptness of iron to rust
           the propensity of disease to spread

    Synonym: aptness

2. a natural inclination

    e.g. he has a proclivity for exaggeration

    Synonym: proclivityleaning

3. an inclination to do something

    e.g. he felt leanings toward frivolity

    Synonym: leaningtendency