tendency是什么意思_tendency怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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"

an inclination to do something;"he felt leanings toward frivolity"

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"

a general direction in which something tends to move;"the shoreward tendency of the current"
"the trend of the stock market"

中英词源

tendency 倾向，趋势

tend-,延伸，伸长，-ency,状态名词后缀。

tendency (n.): 1620s, from Medieval Latin tendentia "inclination, leaning," from Latin tendens, present participle of tendere "to stretch, extend, aim" (see tenet). Earlier in same sense was tendaunce (mid-15c.), from Old French tendance.

词态变化

复数 tendencies;

权威造句

1. 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。

2. 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。

3. 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。

4. 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。

5. 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。

近反义词

trend

相似短语

tendency TO prep.的倾向

tendency to prep.的倾向

tendency to oxidize 氧化倾向

latent tendency 潜在的倾向

communicative tendency 社交倾向

fluffing tendency 起毛趋势

sagging tendency 【经】下跌趋势, 跌风

countercyclical tendency 反周期倾向

knock tendency 爆震性

unhealthy tendency 不正之风

单词分析

这些名词均含“趋势，倾向”之意。
trend指事物发展总的方向、倾向或趋势。
tendency指固有或习得的倾向性，强调没有外来的影响或干扰。
current指向某一方面发展或在确趋向中行动。

记忆方法

1. tend-: stretch. => tend-: stretch to a certain direction, move to a certain direction, move in a certain direction(引申义).
2. tend- + -ency => tendency.
3. 由此引申义：趋向、倾向、癖好。

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