vt. 预先处置, 使预先有倾向

[ verb ]
make susceptible
<verb.cognition>
This illness predisposes you to gain weight

Predispose \Pre`dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predisposed};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Predisposing}.] [Pref. pre- + dispose: cf.
F. pr['e]disposer.]
1. To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition
or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship.

2. To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency
to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease.

{Predisposing causes} (Med.), causes which render the body
liable to disease; predisponent causes.