tendency

noun

1. 倾向；偏好；性情
   if sb/sth has a particular tendency , they are likely to behave or act in a particular way
   1. to display artistic, etc. tendencies
      显示出对艺术等的偏好
   2. I have a tendency to talk too much when I'm nervous.
      我紧张时总爱唠叨。
   3. There is a tendency for this disease to run in families.
      这种疾病易在家族里遗传。
   4. She has a strong natural tendency towards caution.
      她天生非常小心谨慎。
2. 趋势；趋向
   a new custom that is starting to develop
   1. There is a growing tendency among employers to hire casual staff.
      雇主雇用临时职员有增加的趋势。
3. （政党内的）极端派别
   a group within a larger political group, whose views are more extreme than those of the rest of the group

1. N-COUNT (令人焦虑或不快的)习惯，经常性行为，倾向
   A tendency is a worrying or unpleasant habit or action that keeps occurring.
   1. The army has become increasingly restless over the mounting separatist tendencies of the northern republics.
      军方对于北方几个共和国不断加剧的分裂倾向感到越来越不安。
   2. ...the government's tendency towards secrecy in recent years.
      近年来政府的保密倾向
2. N-COUNT (性格中不良的)倾向，偏好
   A tendency is a part of your character that makes you behave in an unpleasant or worrying way.
   1. 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。
   2. Helen had been struggling against suicidal tendencies.
      海伦一直在压制心里的自杀念头。

1. 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。
2. The tendency towards masochism is however always linked with elements of sadism.
   不过，性受虐狂的倾向中总是有一些施虐的成分。
3. 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。
4. The tendency to become obese is at least in part hereditary
   发胖至少有一部分是源于遗传。
5. 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。
6. These plants have a tendency to grow in the more rural areas.
   这些植物大多生长在偏远的乡村。
7. There is a tendency to shut museums or shops at a moment's notice
   现在博物馆或商店有一种说关就关的趋势。
8. 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。
9. The army has become increasingly restless over the mounting separatist tendencies of the northern republics.
   军方对于北方几个共和国不断加剧的分裂倾向感到越来越不安。
10. 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。
11. Helen had been struggling against suicidal tendencies.
    海伦一直在压制心里的自杀念头。
12. The party threw out the Trotskyist Militant Tendency.
    该党开除了托洛茨基主义的激进派。
13. The tendency of events is towards peace.
    大势趋向和平。
14. There was an upward tendency in oil shares yesterday.
    石油股票昨天有上涨的势头。
15. Such a tendency is not to be encouraged.
    此风不可长。
16. The tendency still persists.
    这种倾向继续存在着。
17. One must be alive to the possibility that one tendency may conceal another.
    要注意一种倾向掩盖另一种倾向。
18. His tendency toward violence was athwart the philosophy of the peace movement.
    他倾向于用暴力，这可是跟和平运动的宗旨背道而驰的。
19. Prices have an upward tendency.
    价格有上升的趋势。
20. It reflects the modern language tendency and social values.
    它反映了当代语言的趋势和社会的价值取向。
21. But this kind of education thought neglect social reality to education influence, existence idealization tendency.
    但这种教育思想忽视社会现实对教育的影响，存在理想化倾向。
22. It has also analyzed the current robotics in our country and the developing tendency of robotics.
    通过实例说明了目前我国机器人技术的现状和未来机器人技术的发展趋势。
23. There appears the popular tendency superficial reading with the diversification of information media and the speeding pace of life.
    随着信息媒体的多样化和生活节奏的加快，出现了浅阅读的流行趋势。
24. The cooperation has become the tendency of economic development in the world.
    合作已成为当今世界经济发展的潮流与趋势。
25. The development tendency of the surface treatment technology for magnesium alloys is also prospected in the future.
    分析了镁合金表面处理技术未来的发展方向。
26. Current situation of markets and tendency of technology development of clarifiers for polypropylene at home and abroad are introduced.
    对聚丙烯透明剂（透明化添加剂）的国内外市场现状与技术开发趋势作了系统介绍。
27. Its essence is to remake a kind of unequal economy and culture tendency and politics hegemonism.
    其实质就是重新制造一种不平等的经济与文化的趋势和政治霸权主义。
28. Finally, the paper forecasts the development tendency of artificial intelligence and intelligent control.
    最后，展望人工智能和智能控制的发展趋势。
29. Analyzes and forecast the development tendency of remote sensing monitoring soil.
    最后对土壤遥感监测的发展趋势进行了分析和展望。
30. The development tendency of sol-gel bio-encapsulation is briefly analyzed.
    最后，对溶胶凝胶生物包囊化的发展趋势进行了简单分析。

noun

1. a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
   1. the alkaline inclination of the local waters
   2. fabric with a tendency to shrink

   Synonym:    inclination

2. an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
   1. he had an inclination to give up too easily
   2. a tendency to be too strict

   Synonym:    inclinationdisposition

3. an inclination to do something
   1. he felt leanings toward frivolity

   Synonym:    leaningpropensity

4. a general direction in which something tends to move
   1. the shoreward tendency of the current
   2. the trend of the stock market

   Synonym:    trend