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单词 tendency
释义
tendency
noun[C]
uk
/ˈten.dən.si/us
/ˈten.dən.si/
C1
If someone has a tendency to do or like something, they willprobablydo it or like it:
（思想、行为等的）倾向
[+ to infinitive]His tendencytoexaggerateis wellknown.他喜欢夸张是出了名的。
Synonyms
inclination(FEELING)
persuasion(BELIEFS)
If there is a tendency for something tohappen, it islikelytohappenor it oftenhappens:
趋势
There is a tendencyforunemploymenttorisein thesummer.夏季的失业率有上升的趋势。
If there is a tendency to do something, itstartstohappenmore often orstartstoincrease:
（某事发展的）倾向
[+ to infinitive]There is agrowingtendencytoregardmoneymorehighlythanqualityoflife.越来越多的人倾向于把金钱看得重于生活质量。
More examples
  • Hecomplainedthat there was a tendency toequateright-wingpoliticswithself-interest.
  • There is a tendency infilmsto make theequationbetweenviolenceandexcitement.
  • Apparently somepeoplehave aninborntendency todevelopcertainkindsoftumour.
  • She's one of thoseauthorswho has a tendency tooverwrite.
  • Ourbestintentionsare sometimessubvertedbyournaturaltendency toselfishness.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Habitual behaviour
  • ADL
  • atavism
  • atavistic
  • creature of habitidiom
  • custom
  • diet
  • habit
  • idiosyncrasy
  • idiosyncratic
  • leaning
  • penchant
  • practice
  • programme
  • ritualistic
  • ritualistically
  • ritualized
  • roll
  • routine
  • take tosomeone/something
  • wont
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(Definition oftendencyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

tendency| American Dictionary

tendency
noun[C]
us
/ˈten·dən·si/
alikelihoodtohappenor to have aparticularcharacteristicoreffect:
She has a tendency toworklate.
There’s agrowingtendency totrykidsasadults.
(Definition oftendencyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftendency

tendency
What is required to know the present tendencies and future openings?
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We have encountered it before in connection with geometry; here it appears in the sphere of the dialectical mode and its distinctive tendencies.
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However, the localisation and decentralisation tendencies in social policy seem to be rather contradictory.
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The local state has to resist its tendencies to manipulate.
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Indeed, depressive traits are more in evidence than paranoid tendencies.
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I say arts, and not sciences, because the tendencies in question, although they abound in theoretical implications, are in essence practical and productive.
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Instead, the main rating task data were transformed to clean up artifacts tied to individual rater tendencies and variance.
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Transforming the data on the basis of individual rater tendencies appears to be an effective remedy for now.
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In these negotiations we observe complex interactions between those tendencies that accentuate similarities between people and those that accentuate differences.
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With development, children's growing effortful control may increasingly modulate the overt expression of reactive tendencies.
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Reactive undercontrol is exemplified by impulsive approach tendencies.
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The results suggest the multifaceted manner in which children's emotion experiences may influence the development of aggressive tendencies.
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Traumatic childhood events, perceived availability of emotional support, and the development of dissociative tendencies.
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As indicated earlier, it has been demonstrated that girls are more likely than boys to express their aggressive tendencies in relational terms.
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Our focus in this work was on the description, etiology, and outcomes of these early behavioral tendencies.
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Collocationswithtendency

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aggressive tendency
As indicated earlier, it has been demonstrated that girls are more likely than boys to express their aggressive tendencies in relational terms.
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central tendency
This comparison can be quantified using a statistical measure ofcentraltendencyand dispersion.
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dangerous tendency
Second, there is adangeroustendencyto think (when anyone is short of ideas) that we need more information, more definitions of roles, above all more statistics, more data.
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