predisposition

noun

1. 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

1. N-COUNT 倾向；禀性
   If you have a predisposition to behave 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。
2. N-COUNT （易患某种疾病的）倾向，体质
   If you have a predisposition to a 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

1. 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。
2. We all have our own vulnerabilities for depression, based on our life experiences, health conditions, substance use, and genetic predisposition.
   对于抑郁，我们都有各自的薄弱点，这些可能和人生经历、健康情况、物质滥用和遗传易感性有关。
3. 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。
4. Fisher also observed that some genetic predisposition might cause both lung cancer and a tendency to smoke.
   费雪还认为有些遗传特征可能既会引发肺癌，还会引起吸烟倾向。
5. They acquired automatic responses and a cultural predisposition towards rules of thumb.
   他们获得了自动反应的本领，也形成了听从经验法则的文化倾向。
6. One's color predisposition is associated with one's nature from birth.
   你的色彩倾向与你天生的本性有相关。
7. 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。
8. Researchers believe the illness will ultimately prove to have multiple causes, including genetic predisposition and exposure to microbial agents, toxins and other physical and emotional traumas.
   研究者认为，病情将最终证明有多种原因，包括遗传易感性和接触微生物制剂，毒素及其他身心创伤。
9. The research could help women determine whether they have a genetic predisposition to early menopause, and therefore predict the time of the end of their reproductive life.
   这项研究可能帮助妇女确定他们是否有更年期提前遗传倾向，因此预测其生殖生命的结束时间。
10. 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。
11. Genotyping using comparative DNA analysis to determine the predisposition of individuals to certain diseases was then performed.
    然后用比较DNA分析的方法做基因分型来判定个体对某种疾病的遗传缺陷。
12. They also looked at whether predisposition for or history of hypoglycemia is associated with a higher risk of MI.
    另外他们还关注了易感体质和低血糖史与MI高风险的关系。
13. It shares, however, with structuralism a theoretical predisposition.
    但它和结构主义，有一个共同的理论倾向。
14. The predisposition to his pneumonia was a cold.
    他得肺炎的诱因是感冒。
15. 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。
16. Predisposition to blocked qi, and my answer to that is, simply, to practise Qi gong.
    易感性阻塞气，我的答案是，这纯粹是练气功。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. A predisposition to like something.
    喜欢某事的一种倾向。
20. And what if computers, just as they can predict an individual's susceptibility to a disease from other bits of information, can predict his predisposition to committing a crime?
    如果电脑，就像它可以通过其他的一些信息片段预测一个人对某种疾病的易感性那样，能够预测一个人的犯罪倾向，那又该咋办呢？
21. AMD is a complex disease caused by the combination of environmental factors and genetic predisposition.
    它是一种由环境和遗传共同作用所导致的复杂性疾病。
22. 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。
23. Constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality.
    对于某种疾病增强身体素质的倾向。
24. A practicing forensic scientist has a built-in bias or predisposition toward the prosecution's side.
    开业的法医学家对辩方有一种固有的偏爱或倾向。
25. Genetic predisposition is by far the most common cause of baldness.
    到目前为止，遗传因素是造成秃顶的最主要原因。
26. 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。
27. 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。
28. And a genetic predisposition to obesity can be counteracted by exercise.
    并且肥胖的遗传体质也能通过锻炼中和。
29. We hypothesized that germline variation contributes to MPN predisposition and phenotypic pleiotropy.
    我们推测种系变异可促进MPN易感及表型多向性。
30. An inherited predisposition to eczema is known to exist and is most obvious in the case of atopic eczema.
    先天性易感湿疹的存在是大家所了解的，并且在特应性湿疹病例中最为明显。

noun

1. a disposition in advance to react in a particular way

2. an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way

3. susceptibility to a pathogen

   Synonym:    sensitivity