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

• The Study of Discrepancies about Pathology and Glucocorticoid Therapeutic Reaction in ALI Models Induced by Infection A cold predisposes a person to pneumonia.
  肺内外感染致急性肺损伤病理改变与激素干预效果差异的研究感冒易使患者感染肺炎。
• Poor health predisposes to infection.
  健康状况不佳易受感染。
• Take the example of colon cancer, People say there is a gene that predisposes us to the disease.
  就拿结肠癌来说吧，人们认为遗传基因是导致发病的原因。
• Unlike tuberculosis ( TB), there is no evidence to suggest that infection with the human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV) predisposes individuals to BU infection.
  与结核不同，没有证据表明感染人类免疫缺陷病毒容易使人感染布鲁里溃疡。
• A cold predisposes a person to pneumonia.
  感冒易使患者感染肺炎。
• This illness predisposes you to gain weight.
  这种病就预设了你体重会增加。
• 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。
• His weak chest predisposes him to illness.
  他的肺很虚弱，使他易于感染疾病。
• Virus infection is a cause of respiratory tract infections and predisposes the patients to secondary bacterial infections.
  病毒是仅次于细菌性呼吸道感染的常见病原体之一。
• Frustration predisposes him to look on the dark side of things.
  挫折使他遇事只看其阴暗面。