Apt

(adj.) mentally quick and resourceful; 'an apt pupil'; 'you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold'-Bram Stoker .

(adj.) (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward; 'he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant'; 'I am not minded to answer any questions' .

(adj.) at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant; 'he is apt to lose'; 'she is liable to forget' .

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• He is apt to denominate, however, his whole gain, profit, and thus confounds rent with profit, at least in common language. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• We are not apt to imagine our posterity will excel us, or equal our ancestors. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• The utilitarian principle is valuable as a corrective of error, and shows to us a side of ethics which is apt to be neglected. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• All that can be said against mead is that 'tis rather heady, and apt to lie about a man a good while. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Everybody is ill now, I think,' said Mrs. Hale, with a little of the jealousy which one invalid is apt to feel of another. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• We are perhaps apt to emphasize the control of the body at the expense of control of the environment. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• We are not much satisfyed with the thing itself; and are still less apt to feel any new degrees of self-satisfaction upon its account. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.

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