柯林斯詞典tendency /?t?nd?ns?/ (tendencies) 1. N-COUNT A tendency is a worrying or unpleasant habit or action that keeps occurring. 傾曏 ...the government's tendency to secrecy in recent years. …近年來政府的保密傾曏。2. N-COUNT A tendency is a part of your character that makes you often behave in an unpleasant or worrying way. (性格方麪不好的) 傾曏 He is spoiled, arrogant and has a tendency toward snobbery. 他被寵壞了，很傲慢，而且有勢(shì)利傾曏。 返回 tendency劍橋詞典If someone has a tendency to do or like something, they will probably do it or like it. （思想、行爲(wèi)等的）傾曏 [ 動(dòng)詞後麪接一個(gè)帶to的不定式 ] His tendency to exaggerate is well known . 他喜歡誇張是出了名的。 If there is a tendency for something to happen , it is likely to happen or it often happens . 趨勢(shì) There is a tendency for unemployment to rise in the summer . 夏季的失業(yè)率有上陞的趨勢(shì)。 If there is a tendency to do something, it starts to happen more often or starts to increase . （某事發(fā)展的）傾曏 [ 動(dòng)詞後麪接一個(gè)帶to的不定式 ] There is a growing tendency to regard money more highly than quality of life . 越來越多的人傾曏於把金錢看得重於生活質(zhì)量。 例句 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