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tendency

tendency

[英] [ˈtendənsi] [美] [ˈtɛndənsi] 生词本

n.

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1. N-COUNT (令人焦虑或不快的)习惯,经常性行为,倾向 A tendency is a worrying or unpleasant habit or action that keeps occurring. 
  • The army has become increasingly restless over the mounting separatist tendencies of the northern republics.

    军方对于北方几个共和国不断加剧的分裂倾向感到越来越不安。

  • ...the government's tendency towards secrecy in recent years.

    近年来政府的保密倾向

2. N-COUNT (性格中不良的)倾向,偏好 A tendency is a part of your character that makes you behave in an unpleasant or worrying way. 
  • He is spoiled, arrogant and has a tendency towards snobbery...

    他被宠坏了,傲慢无礼,而且经常自命不凡。

  • Helen had been struggling against suicidal tendencies.

    海伦一直在压制心里的自杀念头。

Noun

1. an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others;

  • "he had an inclination to give up too easily"
  • "a tendency to be too strict"

2. an inclination to do something;

  • "he felt leanings toward frivolity"

3. a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect;

  • "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"
  • "fabric with a tendency to shrink"

4. a general direction in which something tends to move;

  • "the shoreward tendency of the current"
  • "the trend of the stock market"

法律

  • 1.趋向
1. He has a tendency to forget things.
他有忘事的倾向。

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. If she showed any tendency to coquetry he would be apt to straighten her tie, or if she "took up" with him at all, to call her by her first name.
如果那女子露出点卖弄风情的品性,他就会上前去帮她理理领带,如果她‘吃’他那一套献殷勤的手段,他马上开始用小名称呼她了。

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3. None of us know him well because he has a tendency to retire into himself.
他不大和别人交谈,所以我们大家都不怎么了解他。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Prices continue to show an upward tendency.
物价呈继续上升的趋势。

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5. Prices have an upward tendency.
价格有上升的趋势。

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6. Substances have no tendency to expand unless (they are) heated.
除非受热,物质不会有膨胀的倾向。

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7. Such a tendency is not to be encouraged.
此风不可长。

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8. The tendency of events is towards peace.
大势趋向和平。

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9. The tendency still persists.
这种倾向一直存在。

来自《简明英汉词典》

10. There was an upward tendency in oil shares yesterday.
石油股票昨天有上涨的势头。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》