tendency的意思

基本释义

• n 趋向，倾向

  if someone or something has a tendency to do or become a particular thing, they are likely to do or become it

例句

1. There is a tendency to externalize all religions.

   存在把一切宗教都视为仅具外表形式的倾向。

2. When you think of a “life without limits” you have a tendency to think that you can do anything.

   当你思考“生命没有限制”的时候，你会有一种倾向，觉得自己能做任何事情。

3. We have a tendency to think that everything is about us.

   我们有一种倾向，认为任何事都要围着我们转。

短语

• development tendency 发展趋势
• tendency to sth 趋向；趋于
• unhealthy tendency 不正之风
• natural tendency 自然趋势
• upward tendency 上涨的趋势；看涨

近义词

英英释义

noun 1. a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect e.g. the alkaline inclination of the local waters fabric with a tendency to shrink Synonym: inclination 2. an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others e.g. he had an inclination to give up too easily a tendency to be too strict Synonym: inclinationdisposition 3. an inclination to do something e.g. he felt leanings toward frivolity Synonym: leaningpropensity 4. a general direction in which something tends to move e.g. the shoreward tendency of the current the trend of the stock market Synonym: trend

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