tendency

英 ['tendənsi] 美 ['tendənsi]

• n. 趋势；倾向；秉性

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]倾向,趋势

   way a person or thing tends to be or behave

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 趋势，倾向，趋向
2. 意向，旨趣
3. 潮流
4. 性情，癖性，偏好
5. 倾向性
6. 政治团体

英英释义

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"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. There is a tendency towards regional cooperation.
   有一种地区性合作的趋势。
2. There is a growing tendency for people to work at home instead of in offices.
   人们在家里而不是在办公室里工作的趋势日益增长。
3. Today there is a tendency for people to opt out of social activity.
   现在,越来越多的人倾向于不参加社会活动。
4. They tried to stop the tendency of inflation.
   他们设法阻止住了通货膨胀的势头。
5. She has artistic tendencies.
   她有艺术气质。
6. She has a strong natural tendency towards caution.
   她天生喜欢小心谨慎。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. He has a tendency to forget things.
   他有健忘的倾向。
2. There is a tendency to use plastics in place of metals at present.
   目前出现了用塑料代替金属的倾向。
3. Matters have taken a new tendency to〔towards〕 peace.
   事态有了向和平方向发展的新趋势。
4. Prices continue to show an upward tendency.
   物价呈继续上升的趋势。

经典引文

• Suppressing any tendencies likely to lead to..disorderly forms of life.

  出自： Isaiah Berlin

• She had a tendency to become hysterical if she had to do anything unusual.

  出自： G. Vidal

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• correct a tendency 纠正倾向
• observe a tendency 观察趋势

形容词+～

• downward tendency 下降的趋势
• the current tendency 眼下的倾向
• the universal tendency 普遍的倾向

～+介词

• the tendency in English teaching 英语教学趋势
• the tendency to perfection 臻于完美的倾向
• the tendency towards… 的趋势

词义辨析

trend，tendency，current

• 这些名词均含“趋势，倾向”之意。
• trend指事物发展总的方向、倾向或趋势。
• tendency指固有或习得的倾向性，强调没有外来的影响或干扰。
• current指向某一方面发展或在确趋向中行动。

近反义词

【近义词】

• trend