(1)趨(傾)向(beginnings of a movement towards (doing or being) sth)[C]：a～to get fat發(fā)胖的趨勢;a～towards fatness 發(fā)胖的趨勢;have a～to(wards) leftwing extremism/panic 容易極端左傾/恐慌;show a～to improve 呈現(xiàn)出改善的趨勢;The children have a～to be noisy/talk too much. 孩子們天性喜歡喧鬧/高談闊論。The car's engine has a～to stall in cold weather. 汽車的發(fā)動機(jī)在寒冷的天氣常常停機(jī)。 Milk has a～to go sour in hot weather. 牛奶在熱天容易變酸。homicidal～ies 殺人傾向;
(2)趨勢，變化，動向(natural inclination)[C]：Prices/Stock market prices continue to show an upward～. 物價/股市牌價繼續(xù)呈上升的趨勢。an artistic～藝術(shù)的傾向;〖同〗inclination;〖反〗disinclination;
【辨異】tendency與current、drift、inclination和trend的區(qū)別見CURRENT。
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