predispose

verb

1. make susceptible

e.g. This illness predisposes you to gain weight

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

1. predispose的解释

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. predispose的翻译

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

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4. 使偏向于：predispersor 前置分光器 | predispose 使偏向于 | predisposing 素因性的