predispose

Word family adjectivepredisposingpredispositionalnounpredispositionverbpredispose

pre·dis·pose /ˌpriːdɪsˈpəʊz $ -ˈpoʊz/ verb [transitiveT]

1 to make someone more likely to suffer from a particular health problem 使易患〔某种病〕

predispose somebody to something

Diabetes predisposes patients to infections.

糖尿病患者容易受感染。

2 CAUSEto make someone more likely to behave or think in a particular way 使倾向于，使较可能〔有某种行为或思想〕

predispose somebody to something

Parents who smoke predispose children to smoking.

父母吸烟的话，孩子也很可能会吸烟。

—predisposed adjectiveadj

genetically predisposed to gain weight

有发胖遗传倾向的

Examples from the Corpus

predispose• Tricyclic antidepressants and phenothiazines may precipitate seizures in an occasional patient who has predisposing risk factors for epilepsy.• Seligman has also suggested that a maladaptive style of thinking can be learned which predisposes a person to depression.• Some genetic disorders predispose individuals to the toxic effects of substances found in the workplace or environment.• I was predisposed not to like him; maybe he sensed this.• Diabetes predisposes the patient to fungus or other opportunistic infections involving the intracranial contents.• And their education and trailing had predisposed them to hard work.• The twentysomethings of the X generation may be more predisposed to quitting a job and drifting.• It has been suggested that emergency colectomy and postoperative sepsis may predispose to the development of pouchitis.

单词	predispose
释义	predispose Word family adjectivepredisposingpredispositionalnounpredispositionverbpredispose pre·dis·pose /ˌpriːdɪsˈpəʊz $ -ˈpoʊz/ verb [transitiveT] 1 to make someone more likely to suffer from a particular health problem 使易患〔某种病〕 predispose somebody to something Diabetes predisposes patients to infections. 糖尿病患者容易受感染。 2 CAUSEto make someone more likely to behave or think in a particular way 使倾向于，使较可能〔有某种行为或思想〕 predispose somebody to something Parents who smoke predispose children to smoking. 父母吸烟的话，孩子也很可能会吸烟。 —predisposed adjectiveadj genetically predisposed to gain weight 有发胖遗传倾向的 Examples from the Corpus predispose• Tricyclic antidepressants and phenothiazines may precipitate seizures in an occasional patient who has predisposing risk factors for epilepsy.• Seligman has also suggested that a maladaptive style of thinking can be learned which predisposes a person to depression.• Some genetic disorders predispose individuals to the toxic effects of substances found in the workplace or environment.• I was predisposed not to like him; maybe he sensed this.• Diabetes predisposes the patient to fungus or other opportunistic infections involving the intracranial contents.• And their education and trailing had predisposed them to hard work.• The twentysomethings of the X generation may be more predisposed to quitting a job and drifting.• It has been suggested that emergency colectomy and postoperative sepsis may predispose to the development of pouchitis.
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