- predisposition (to/towards something) | predisposition (to do something)
a condition that makes somebody/something likely to behave in a particular way or to suffer from a particular disease 倾向;癖性;(易患某种病的)体质 a genetic predisposition to liver disease 易患肝病的遗传体质 There was an inherited predisposition to alcoholism. 有一种遗传的酗酒倾向。 These are parents with a predisposition to worry. 这些父母都有担忧的倾向。