predisposition

1. N-COUNT If you have a predisposition to behave in a particular way, you tend to behave like that because of the kind of person you are or the attitudes you have. (以某方式行事的) 傾向[正式]

There is a thin dividing line between educating the public and creating a predisposition to panic. 教育公眾和營造恐慌傾向之間只有細(xì)小的區(qū)別。

2. N-COUNT If you have a predisposition to a disease or illness, it is likely that you will suffer from that disease or illness. (患某種疾病的) 傾向[正式]

...a genetic predisposition to lung cancer. …一種遺傳性患肺癌的傾向。