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

• A cold predisposes a person to pneumonia.
  感冒易使患者感染肺炎。
• I have heard nothing that predisposes me to dislike her.
  我没有听到任何能使我讨厌她的说法。
• This we believe predisposes for the occurrence of biliary complications in the long term.
  因此我们相信患者在移植后长时期内都容易感染胆道并发症。
• Filariasis is a world health problem resulting from a parasitic-caused infection causing lymphatic insufficiency, and in some cases predisposes elephantiasis.
  丝虫病是一个世界健康问题，是由寄生虫感染导致的淋巴不足，在一些病例中表现为象皮肿。
• 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。
• 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%。
• A low-protein diet ( LPD) has been proposed to delay the progression of DN, but LPD predisposes these patients to deteriorate nutritional status that leads to high morbidity and mortality of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease.
  研究发现低蛋白饮食可延缓DN进展，但低蛋白饮食患者易发生营养不良，增加动脉粥样硬化及心血管疾病的发病率、病死率。
• 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。
• Background& Endothelial dysfunction predisposes to vascular injury in association with hypertension.
  研究背景：内皮细胞功能障碍继发于高血压相关的血管损害。
• This illness predisposes you to gain weight.
  这种病就预设了你体重会增加。