disposed

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dis·posed /dɪˈspəʊzd $ -ˈspoʊzd/ adjectiveadj formal

1 be well/favourably/kindly disposed (to/towards somebody/something) formal ENJOY/LIKE DOING somethingto like or approve of someone or something （对某人）有好感，很赞成（某人/某物）

Management is favourably disposed to the idea of job-sharing.

管理层很赞成 “一工分做” 的主张。

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be well/favourably/kindly disposed (to/towards somebody/something)• I think maybe she had seen the television programmes and was favourably disposed.• The majority were favourably disposed, some were ambivalent and a few highly critical of the messages and their style.• He said Bonn was favourably disposed to such a conference if it were well prepared.• Jackson was well disposed towards journalists of left-wing sympathies.• It is expected that he will be favourably disposed towards the report's proposals.• The best that can be hoped for, on their behalf, is that human beings are kindly disposed towards them.

2 be/feel/seem etc disposed to do something formal WILLINGto want or be willing to do something 愿意做某事 SYN inclined

Jon disagreed, but did not feel disposed to argue.

乔恩不赞成，但他并不想争辩。

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be/feel/seem etc disposed to do something• Congress has had a torrent of learned advice on this amendment, none of which it seems disposed to listen to.• Ernest Conway had never felt disposed to adopt a conventional, benign, grandfatherly role.• Gradually the talkative groups settled into a contented silence, but no one seemed disposed to go to sleep.• Headteachers say governors come to school on special occasions but don't seem disposed to become involved more routinely in school affairs.• James didn't seem disposed to take the hint.• Seb's father was a large, comfortable-looking man who did not seem disposed to make a fuss.• The brothers exchanged glances, neither saying a word, though they seemed disposed to.• The very houses seemed disposed to pack up and take trips.

3 be disposed to something formal OFTENto have a tendency towards something 倾向于某事物 SYN inclined

a man disposed to depression

一个有抑郁倾向的人

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be disposed to something• Already the local people were disposed to make over various small sums for the use of the Schoolmaster.• He is disposed to criminality, drugs, and violence.• Lord Beresford was disposed to chat about the forthcoming cricket season, but was briskly recalled to his duties.• No one except me, and least of all the President, was disposed to interfere with that.• Practically speaking, we ritually verify what is there, and are disposed to call it reality.• The cots were disposed to form a long seat along one side of the coach, the remaining floor space being clear.• The former are disposed to combine in order to raise, the latter in order to lower the price of labour.• We know that most children are disposed to comply.

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disposed• Seb's father was a large, comfortable-looking man who did not seem disposed to make a fuss.• James didn't seem disposed to take the hint.

dis·posed adjectiveadj

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