tendency

[US]/ˈtendənsi/
[UK]/ˈtendənsi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 倾向, 趋势
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

natural tendency

天性倾向

common tendency

普遍倾向

negative tendency

消极倾向

upward tendency

上升趋势

development tendency

发展趋势

tendency to sth

趋向;趋于

unhealthy tendency

不正之风

bleeding tendency

出血倾向

central tendency

集中趋势;居中趋向

Example Sentences

this tendency is not new.

这种趋势并不新颖。

a tendency to asocial behaviour.

避免社交的倾向。

show a tendency to improve

显示改善的倾向。

The tendency still persists.

这种倾向一直存在。

there was a tendency for students to factionalize.

学生有分裂倾向。

observed the tendency of the wind; the shoreward tendency of the current.

观察风向;向岸边的潮流

she had a tendency to dramatize things.

她喜欢将事情戏剧化。

a weepy actress with a strong tendency to overact.

表演极易过火的泪汪汪的女演员。

there is a tendency to overwrite their parts and fall into cliché.

在他们各自的写作中有一种因文风过于华丽而陷入陈词滥调的倾向。

the mass media's tendency to personalize politics.

大众传媒把政治针对个人化的倾向。

the tendency to romanticize non-industrial societies.

把非工业社会浪漫化的趋势。

a tendency to symbolize the father as the sun.

用太阳来象征父亲的倾向。

for students, there is a tendency to socialize in the evenings.

晚上学生们倾向于聚在一起。

the tendency for poets to go to the wall for their beliefs.

诗人们为了他们的信仰而不惜一切代价的倾向。

fabric that has a tendency to wrinkle.

可能起皱的布料

not openly liberal, but that is the tendency of the book.

虽然没有公开的自由,但这是这本书的倾向

He has a tendency to forget things.

他有忘事的倾向。

New Painting's tendency to de-emphasize individual figures.

淡化个体形象的新绘画趋势。

the trams had a tendency to derail on sharp corners.

有轨电车在急转弯处容易出轨。

Real-world Examples

The union today resembles a patchwork of ideological and regional tendencies.

如今的欧盟就像意识形态和区域合作趋势的大杂烩。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Oh, cool. But I have that natural tendency I think.

哦,真酷。不过我想我有那种自然倾向。

Source: American English dialogue

Essentially, we have this tendency to keep stretching out the decision-making process.

从本质上讲,我们有这种倾向,即不断延长决策过程的时间。

Source: CET-6 Listening Past Exam Questions (with Translations)

My daughter has...a tendency to repeat herself.

我女儿有点… … 有点喜欢唠叨。

Source: "Father in the Time" Original Soundtrack

Agglomeration is the tendency of economic activity to gather, or cluster, or clump together.

这种效应是指经济活动向一处集中、集群、集聚的趋势。

Source: Popular Science Essays

Some fields though have a greater tendency for it.

很多领域都倾向于此。

Source: CET-6 Listening Past Exam Questions (with Translations)

I recognize that tendency and learned how to be more flexible.

我意识到这种趋势,于是我学会了如果更灵活地对待下属。

Source: Essential English Phrases for Interviews

There's a tendency of people from Marseilles to exaggerate.

马赛人的一个特征就是喜欢吹牛。

Source: Yale University Open Course: European Civilization (Audio Version)

But I have a tendency to order lunch out a lot.

但我经常在外面订午餐。

Source: Celebrity's Daily Meal Plan (Bilingual Selection)

Though, researchers have found a few ways to fix this tendency.

不过,研究人员已经找到一些方法来矫正这种趋势。

Source: Daily English Listening | Bilingual Intensive Reading July 2023 Collection

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