tendency
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT A tendency is a worrying or unpleasant habit or action that keeps occurring. 傾向
...the government's tendency to secrecy in recent years. …近年來政府的保密傾向。
2. N-COUNT A tendency is a part of your character that makes you often behave in an unpleasant or worrying way. (性格方面不好的) 傾向
He is spoiled, arrogant and has a tendency toward snobbery. 他被寵壞了，很傲慢，而且有勢利傾向。
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tendency /?t?nd?ns?/ (tendencies)
劍橋詞典
- If someone has a tendency to do or like something, they will probably do it or like it.
- He complained that there was a tendency to equate right-wing politics with self-interest .
- There is a tendency in films to make the equation between violence and excitement .
- Apparently some people have an inborn tendency to develop certain kinds of tumour .
- She's one of those authors who has a tendency to overwrite .
- Our best intentions are sometimes subverted by our natural tendency to selfishness. 返回 tendency
（思想、行為等的）傾向
[ 動詞后面接一個帶to的不定式 ] His tendency to exaggerate is well known . 他喜歡夸張是出了名的。
If there is a tendency for something to happen , it is likely to happen or it often happens .
趨勢
There is a tendency for unemployment to rise in the summer . 夏季的失業(yè)率有上升的趨勢。
If there is a tendency to do something, it starts to happen more often or starts to increase .
（某事發(fā)展的）傾向
[ 動詞后面接一個帶to的不定式 ] There is a growing tendency to regard money more highly than quality of life . 越來越多的人傾向于把金錢看得重于生活質(zhì)量。
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