The etymology of the word proclivity is ironically appropriate for this flavor of usage.
讽刺的是，proclivity的词源恰好与后面那种用法吻合。
Pakistan rejects these baseless and irresponsible allegations and the attitude and proclivity behind them.
巴基斯坦拒绝接受这些缺乏依据和不负责任的指责、以及这些指责背后的态度和倾向。
I don't have access to the Oxford English Corpus so I don't know exactly what it would make of "proclivity" but here's what I did.
我没法登入牛津英语语料库，不清楚它如何处理proclivity(癖性，倾向)这个词。不过，我是这样来介绍proclivity的。
Henry Paulson: a big part of the imbalances, in my view, stems from our proclivity here in the United States not to save - as a nation and as individuals, and to borrow too much.
亨利·保尔森(以下称保尔森)：以我的观点来看，这些失衡中相当大一部分，源自于美国人不愿储蓄的癖好——无论作为一个国家或是个人，我们都借的太多。
Henry Paulson: a big part of the imbalances, in my view, stems from our proclivity here in the United States not to save - as a nation and as individuals, and to borrow too much.
亨利·保尔森(以下称保尔森)：以我的观点来看，这些失衡中相当大一部分，源自于美国人不愿储蓄的癖好——无论作为一个国家或是个人，我们都借的太多。
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