predispose
倾向
常用释义
英音[ ˌpriːdɪˈspəʊz ]
美音[ ˌpriːdɪˈspoʊz ]
变形
第三人称单数:
predisposes
现在分词:
predisposing
过去式:
predisposed
过去分词:
predisposed
基本释义
- v. 使倾向于，使受……的影响；使易感染，使易患（某种疾病）
例句
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1·Stress can predispose people to heart attacks.紧张容易使人心脏病发作。来源: 《牛津词典》
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2·They take pains to hire people whose personalities predispose them to serve customers well.他们煞费苦心雇用那些具备把顾客服务好的个性的人。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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3·His modesty and generosity predispose people to like him.他的谦虚和慷慨使得人们未经接触就喜欢他。
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4·Exposure to too much noise may predispose you to headache.接触太多的噪音会让你头疼。
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5·Genetic traits may predispose some smokers to stronger addiction.基因特质使某些吸烟者更易成瘾。
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6·And the trauma may, in fact, predispose people to having mental illness.事实正是这种创伤让人容易出现精神问题。
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7·The nature of the stimulus may predispose some children to attention problems.刺激本身很可能使一些孩子易产生注意力问题。
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8·Perforated eardrums can predispose the ear to infection or result in hearing loss.耳膜穿孔使耳部易于感染或导致听力丧失。
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9·Why does AIDS predispose infected persons to certain types of cancer and infections?为什么艾滋病使患者容易感染某些癌症和传染病？
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10·Researchers found that this process could predispose obese patients to type 2 diabetes.研究人员发现这一过程可能使肥胖患者易患2型糖尿病。
同根词
词根：
predispose
predisposed
adj
先有倾向的，先有意向的
predisposition
n
倾向；素质；易染病体质
predisposed
v
预先有倾向的；预先处置好的（predispose的过去分词）