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tendency

英 ['tend(ə)nsɪ] 美['tɛndənsi]
  • n. 倾向,趋势;癖好

英英释意


1. 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"
2. an inclination to do something;
"he felt leanings toward frivolity"
3. 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"
4. a general direction in which something tends to move;
"the shoreward tendency of the current"
"the trend of the stock market"