動詞 predispose:

1. make susceptible
   同義詞：predispose

形容詞 predisposed:

1. made susceptible

1. The inhabitants are predisposed to rheumatism by the damp climate.
   因氣候潮濕，居民易患風濕癥。
2. He was predisposed towards literary studies by the bookish environment of his early rears.
   他早年生長在讀書空氣很濃的環(huán)境中，所以后來傾向于從事文學(xué)研究。
3. The state of being predisposed; tendency, inclination, or susceptibility.
   傾向傾向于 ... 的狀態(tài); 趨勢; 傾向或敏感性
4. His early training predisposed him to a life of adventure.
   他早年所受的教養(yǎng)使他熱衷於冒險活動。