be apt to

• Most eucalypts grow so rapidly that flowers are apt to be far from the ground .
  大多数桉树生长非常迅速，以致它的花往往离地面很高。
• Migrants are apt to be drawn into the cities by the chance to obtain such jobs .
  移民们往往为了获取这种就业机会而被吸引到城市里来。
• My cancers are apt to be particularly nasty, giving no early warning signals .
  我的癌症容易表现得特别恶劣，早期不发出任何警告信号。
• In addition, solids are apt to settle and sinter and stick on the flat bottom surface .
  此外，颗粒容易沉积，并熔结和粘贴在平底表面上。
• She knew well that a woman's visit is apt to spin itself out for an indeterminate time .
  她很清楚，一个女人作客很容易无限期地延续下去。
• In writing about our hard times, we are apt to overuse the word "grim" .
  在描写我们艰苦的日子的时候，我们每每过多地使用“严肃”这个字眼。
• When high expectations are thwarted they are apt to throw the confident individual into the blackest pessimism .
  过高的期望受到挫折，可以使自信的人陷入失望的深渊。
• When foreign executives speak of their american counterparts, they are apt to be more scornful than awestruck .
  当国外的经理们谈到他们的美国同行时，往往是轻蔑多于敬畏。
• People are apt to petrify, even at a university, if they follow the same paths too persistently .
  当有些人钻进牛角尖的时候，即使是在大学学府里，他们也会变得冥顽不化的。