tendency
noun OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈtendənsi/
/ˈtendənsi/
(plural tendencies)
倾向;偏好;性情 - to display artistic tendencies
展示艺术倾向 - tendency to do something I have a tendency to talk too much when I'm nervous.
我紧张时总爱唠叨。 - This material has a tendency to shrink when washed.
这种布料经洗涤容易收缩。 - tendency for somebody/something to do something There is a tendency for this disease to run in families.
这种疾病易在家族里遗传。 - tendency to/towards something She has a strong natural tendency towards caution.
她天生小心谨慎。
- Several patients admitted to suicidal tendencies.
几个病人承认有自杀倾向。 - The later model has an unfortunate tendency to collapse after a few weeks' use.
后一型号用不了几个星期就有易于崩溃的坏毛病。 - a worrying tendency among the abused to become abusers
受虐者变为施虐者这一令人担忧的倾向 - our natural human tendency to group all the things we don't like together
把我们不喜欢的东西归在一起的人类自然倾向 - The natural tendency is to try harder when there are problems with a project.
当一个项目有问题时,自然倾向于更加努力。 - We have a tendency to blame ourselves when things go wrong.
当事情出错时,我们有责备自己的倾向。 - The training courses aim to reduce the tendency for young people to leave the industry.
培训课程旨在减少年轻人离开这个行业的趋势。 - They have a tendency towards over-optimism.
他们有过度乐观的倾向。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clear
- great
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- have
- display
- exhibit
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- tendency among
- tendency for
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- to display artistic tendencies
synonym trend趋势;趋向 - tendency (for somebody/something) (to do something) There's a growing tendency for women to marry later.
女性越来越倾向于晚婚。 - tendency to/towards something Industry showed a tendency towards increasingly centralized administration.
工业领域显示出日益集中化管理的趋势。
- There is a growing tendency among employers to hire casual staff.
雇主雇用临时职员有增加的趋势。 - There is a tendency for farm sizes to increase.
农场规模有扩大的倾向。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clear
- great
- marked
- …
- have
- display
- exhibit
- …
- tendency among
- tendency for
- tendency on the part of
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- tendency (for somebody/something) (to do something) There's a growing tendency for women to marry later.
- [countable + singular or plural verb] (British English) a group within a larger political group, whose views are more extreme than those of the rest of the group
(政党内的)极端派别 - a growing separatist tendency within the Anglo-Irish community
盎格鲁-爱尔兰群体中日益增长的分离主义倾向
- a growing separatist tendency within the Anglo-Irish community
词源early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin tendentia, from tendere ‘to stretch’.