tendency
- n.趋势;倾向;趋向;偏好;性情;(政党内的)极端派别
复数： tendencies
tend 伸展 + -ency 性质,状态
tendencynoun
倾向；偏好；性情
if sb/sth has a particular tendency , they are likely to behave or act in a particular way
to display artistic, etc. tendencies
显示出对艺术等的偏好
I have a tendency to talk too much when I'm nervous.
我紧张时总爱唠叨。
There is a tendency for this disease to run in families.
这种疾病易在家族里遗传。
She has a strong natural tendency towards caution.
她天生非常小心谨慎。
趋势；趋向
a new custom that is starting to develop
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。
（政党内的）极端派别
a group within a larger political group, whose views are more extreme than those of the rest of the group
tendency
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N-COUNT (令人焦虑或不快的)习惯，经常性行为，倾向
A tendency is a worrying or unpleasant habit or action that keeps occurring.The army has become increasingly restless over the mounting separatist tendencies of the northern republics.
军方对于北方几个共和国不断加剧的分裂倾向感到越来越不安。
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N-COUNT (性格中不良的)倾向，偏好
A tendency is a part of your character that makes you behave in an unpleasant or worrying way.He is spoiled, arrogant and has a tendency towards snobbery...
他被宠坏了，傲慢无礼，而且经常自命不凡。
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- 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
- Synonym: inclination
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- 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
- Synonym: inclination disposition
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- an inclination to do something
- he felt leanings toward frivolity
- Synonym: leaning propensity
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- a general direction in which something tends to move
- the shoreward tendency of the current
- the trend of the stock market
- Synonym: trend
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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。
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There is a tendency to shut museums or shops at a moment 's notice
现在博物馆或商店有一种说关就关的趋势。
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There is a tendency for this disease to run in families .
这种疾病易在家族里遗传。
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I have a tendency to talk too much when I 'm nervous .
我紧张时总爱唠叨。
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She has a strong natural tendency towards caution .
她天生非常小心谨慎。
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He had clear homicidal tendencies .
他有明显的杀人倾向。
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He has a tendency to oversell himself .
他爱自我吹嘘。
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These plants have a tendency to grow in the more rural areas .
这些植物大多生长在偏远的乡村。
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The tendency to become obese is at least in part hereditary
发胖至少有一部分是源于遗传。
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They have a tendency to show off , to dramatize almost every situation .
他们爱炫耀，几乎对每种情况都添油加醋。
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Parks has a tendency to become personally involved with his photographic subjects .
帕克斯往往会跟他的拍摄对象产生感情纠葛。
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Her suicidal tendencies continued for several more weeks .
她的自杀倾向又持续了几周。
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They have a tendency to try to sidetrack you from your task .
他们总试图让你从你的任务中分心。
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The tendency towards masochism is however always linked with elements of sadism .
不过，性受虐狂的倾向中总是有一些施虐的成分。
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Tone down your kamikaze tendencies and take more prudent risks .
别那么玩命，冒险时要谨慎些。
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Stewart has developed a tendency to mix it verbally with the opposition .
斯图尔特现在变得只要和别人意见不合，就准备大吵一架。
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His iconoclastic tendencies can get him into trouble .
他与传统信仰相悖的思想倾向可能会给他带来麻烦。
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He is spoiled , arrogant and has a tendency towards snobbery
他被宠坏了，傲慢无礼，而且经常自命不凡。
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I was always regarded in the Army with a certain amount of suspicion because of my left-wing tendencies .
由于我的左翼倾向，在军队中我总是受到一些猜疑。
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The army has become increasingly restless over the mounting separatist tendencies of the northern republics .
军方对于北方几个共和国不断加剧的分裂倾向感到越来越不安。
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The party threw out the Trotskyist Militant Tendency .
该党开除了托洛茨基主义的激进派。
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Helen had been struggling against suicidal tendencies .
海伦一直在压制心里的自杀念头。
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She exhibited none of the narcissistic and nihilistic tendencies of her peers .
她一点儿都没表现出同龄人那种自恋和虚无主义的性格倾向。
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They did show decidedly corporatist tendencies .
他们确实表现出明显的社团主义倾向。
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There was an upward tendency in oil shares yesterday .
石油股票昨天有上涨的势头。
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The tendency of events is towards peace .
大势趋向和平。
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We must check bad tendencies .
（我们）要煞住歪风邪气。
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Such a tendency is not to be encouraged .
此风不可长。
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One must be alive to the possibility that one tendency may conceal another .
要注意一种倾向掩盖另一种倾向。
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American abdication would tempt Soviet tendencies toward filling every vacuum .
美国的退位将使苏联想要填补每一个真空。