predispose

英 [ˌpriːdɪˈspəʊz]

美 [ˌpriːdɪˈspoʊz]

v.  使倾向于; 使受…的影响; 使易于患(某种病) ; 容易诱发

过去分词：predisposed　第三人称单数：predisposes　现在分词：predisposing　过去式：predisposed　

IELTS

BNC.15502 / COCA.13004

牛津词典

verb

• 使倾向于；使受…的影响
  to influence sb so that they are likely to think or behave in a particular way
  1. He believes that some people are predisposed to criminal behaviour.
     他认为有些人容易犯罪。
  2. Her good mood predisposed her to enjoy the play.
     她当时兴致高，所以一定喜欢那出戏。
• 使易于患（某种病） ；容易诱发
  to make it likely that you will suffer from a particular illness
  1. Stress can predispose people to heart attacks.
     紧张容易使人心脏病发作。

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

英英释义

verb

• make susceptible
  1. This illness predisposes you to gain weight

双语例句

• Patients who take ICS may have other corticosteroid exposures, or have other conditions that predispose them to side effects, making the analysis of the ICS risk challenging.
  吸入皮质激素的患者患者可能也暴露于其他的皮质类固醇类，或者其他条件使他们易罹患副反应，使吸入皮质激素危险的分析的结果受到影响。
• Simple renal cysts, as seen here, can also be multiple, but they are never as numerous as with polycystic change, and they do not predispose to chronic renal failure.
  单纯性肾囊肿，可以是多发的，但它们从来没有多囊变化，它不会发展成慢性肾衰。
• His good manners predispose people in his favor.
  他的文雅举止使人们未经接触就对他产生了好感。
• Fatigue predispose to colds.
  疲劳易使人患感冒。
• Why does AIDS predispose infected persons to certain types of cancer and infections?
  为什么艾滋病使患者容易感染某些癌症和传染病？
• Lupus, diabetes, kidney failure, and rheumatoid arthritis can predispose a woman to the destruction of her ovarian follicles and affect her ability to produce estrogen.
  狼疮，糖尿病，肾衰和类风湿性关节炎的患者易于破坏她们的卵泡并影响卵巢产生雌激素。
• But above all, effective prevention addresses the structural faults that predispose a society to conflict.
  最重要的是，有效预防的方法是解决导致社会发生冲突的结构性问题。
• Cats could cause our immune system to react in a way that predispose eyes to the development of glaucoma.
  而宠物猫却会诱发我们的免疫系统做出不同的反应，导致青光眼的出现。
• Background& In the vascular system, elevated levels of reactive oxygen species ( ROS) produce oxidative stress and predispose to the development of atherosclerosis.
  背景资料&在血管系统中，活性氧（ROS）水平升高可导致氧化应激并使动脉粥样硬化易于发展。
• Using the latest technology, scientists will screen tissue samples from the study looking for genetic variants that may predispose individuals to develop early atherosclerosis.
  利用最新的技术，科学家们将对该研究中的组织标本进行筛查以寻找早期动脉粥样硬化的易患变异基因。