tendency

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

Translation

n. 傾向, 趨勢
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

natural tendency

天性傾向

common tendency

普遍傾向

negative tendency

消極傾向

upward tendency

上升趨勢

development tendency

發展趨勢

tendency to sth

趨向;趨於

unhealthy tendency

不正之風

bleeding tendency

出血傾向

central tendency

集中趨勢;居中趨向

Example Sentences

this tendency is not new.

這種趨勢並不新穎。

a tendency to asocial behaviour.

避免社交的傾向。

show a tendency to improve

顯示改善的傾向。

The tendency still persists.

這種傾向一直存在。

there was a tendency for students to factionalize.

學生有分裂傾向。

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

觀察風向;向岸邊的潮流

she had a tendency to dramatize things.

她喜歡將事情戲劇化。

a weepy actress with a strong tendency to overact.

表演極易過火的淚汪汪的女演員。

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

在他們各自的寫作中有一種因文風過於華麗而陷入陳詞濫調的傾向。

the mass media's tendency to personalize politics.

大衆傳媒把政治針對個人化的傾向。

the tendency to romanticize non-industrial societies.

把非工業社會浪漫化的趨勢。

a tendency to symbolize the father as the sun.

用太陽來象徵父親的傾向。

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

晚上學生們傾向於聚在一起。

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

詩人們爲了他們的信仰而不惜一切代價的傾向。

fabric that has a tendency to wrinkle.

可能起皺的布料

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

雖然沒有公開的自由,但這是這本書的傾向

He has a tendency to forget things.

他有忘事的傾向。

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

淡化個體形象的新繪畫趨勢。

the trams had a tendency to derail on sharp corners.

有軌電車在急轉彎處容易出軌。

Real-world Examples

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

如今的歐盟就像意識形態和區域合作趨勢的大雜燴。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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

哦,真酷。不過我想我有那種自然傾向。

Source: American English dialogue

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

從本質上講,我們有這種傾向,即不斷延長決策過程的時間。

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

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

我女兒有點… … 有點喜歡嘮叨。

Source: "Father in the Time" Original Soundtrack

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

這種效應是指經濟活動向一處集中、集羣、集聚的趨勢。

Source: Popular Science Essays

Some fields though have a greater tendency for it.

很多領域都傾向於此。

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

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

我意識到這種趨勢,於是我學會了如果更靈活地對待下屬。

Source: Essential English Phrases for Interviews

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

馬賽人的一個特徵就是喜歡吹牛。

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

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

但我經常在外面訂午餐。

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

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

不過,研究人員已經找到一些方法來矯正這種趨勢。

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

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