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predispose

/pree-di-spohz/US // ˌpri dɪˈspoʊz //UK // (ˌpriːdɪˈspəʊz) //

预设,诱发,诱导,预备

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    pre·dis·posed, pre·dis·pos·ing.

    • : to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
    • : to render subject, susceptible, or liable: The evidence predisposes him to public censure.
    • : to dispose beforehand.
    • : Archaic. to dispose of beforehand, as in a will, legacy, or the like.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    pre·dis·posed, pre·dis·pos·ing.

    • : to give or furnish a tendency or inclination: an underground job that predisposes to lung infection.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbinfluence to believe something
Forms: predisposed, predisposing

Examples

  • That means this group is predisposed to fear change even more than the average person.

  • There’s also no clear link to underlying conditions that might predispose someone to develop long covid.

  • While there’s still a lot researchers don’t know, some believe, based on case-reports, that people who are predisposed to mental illness, particularly schizophrenia, are more at risk.

  • People who are genetically predisposed to schizophrenia might be more likely to suffer these side-effects, experts point out.

  • Scientists used to believe women were predisposed to identifying their children’s cries, while men exhibited worse traits of recognition.

  • These are significant changes that will simultaneously predispose them to a more conservative view of the world.

  • The expectation that a gun was involved appeared to predispose the cops toward deadly force.

  • Why does maternal hip width predispose to cancer in babies born to that mother?

  • The use of alcohol is believed by many physicians to predispose a person to tuberculosis.

  • The same causes also predispose plants as well as animals, to epidemic attacks of disease.

  • But her experience of Montrose and Meath did not predispose her towards the provincial atmosphere.

  • As a matter of fact, he will have so disturbed himself as to predispose to insomnia.

  • It is evident that certain conditions predispose to headache.