predisposes

英 [ˌpriːdɪˈspəʊzɪz]

美 [ˌpriːdɪˈspoʊzɪz]

v.  使倾向于; 使受…的影响; 使易于患(某种病) ; 容易诱发
predispose的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使倾向于；使有意向
  If somethingpredisposesyoutothink or behave in a particular way, it makes it likely that you will think or behave in that way.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• VERB 使易感染，使易患（某种疾病）
  If somethingpredisposesyoutoa disease or illness, it makes it likely that you will suffer from that disease or illness.
  1. ...a gene that predisposes people to alcoholism.
     使人容易嗜酒的基因

双语例句

• This illness predisposes you to gain weight.
  这种病就预设了你体重会增加。
• His weak chest predisposes him to illness.
  他的肺很虚弱，使他易于感染疾病。
• Oral submucous Fibrosis ( OSF) is a kind of chronic insidious disease and it predisposes to cancer, the main aetiological factor of which is betel nut chewing. As a precancerous condition regarded by WHO, the malignant transformation rate of OSF was 7.6%.
  口腔粘膜下纤维性变（Oralsubmucousfibrosis，OSF）是一种慢性、隐匿性、具有癌变倾向的口腔粘膜病，咀嚼槟榔是主要致病因素，OSF属于口腔癌前状态，癌变率高达7.6%。
• Greater mobility from incomplete descent or lack of a scrotal ligament predisposes to this condition.
  下降不完全或阴囊韧带缺乏使睾丸活动度增加即可能更易发生扭转。
• EGFR-monoclonal antibody-induced inhibition might result in more effective inhibition of EGFR downstream targets, which predisposes the patient to magnesium wasting.
  EGFR单克隆抗体诱导的抑制或许能对EGFR下游区靶目标更为有效的抑制，因而造成患者镁消耗。
• Fatigue predisposes one to cold.
  疲劳使人容易感冒。
• Frustration predisposes him to look on the dark side of things.
  挫折使他遇事只看其阴暗面。
• For familial cases, no single gene has been identified that strongly predisposes a person to MS.
  在家族病例中，还没有分离出单个基因能够提前诊断出人是否会患此病。
• Poor health predisposes to infection.
  健康状况不佳易受感染。
• Our genetic make up predisposes us to certain diseases.
  我们的基因结构使我们易患某些疾病。