tendencies

英 [ˈtɛndənsiz]

美 [ˈtɛndənsiz]

n.  倾向; 偏好; 性情; 趋势; 趋向; (政党内的)极端派别
tendency的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (令人焦虑或不快的)习惯，经常性行为，倾向
  Atendencyis 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
• N-COUNT (性格中不良的)倾向，偏好
  Atendencyis 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。

双语例句

• His iconoclastic tendencies can get him into trouble.
  他与传统信仰相悖的思想倾向可能会给他带来麻烦。
• The film reminds us of our tendencies to form stereotypes.
  这部电影提醒我们，人们总倾向于对事物形成刻板的印象。
• Her suicidal tendencies continued for several more weeks.
  她的自杀倾向又持续了几周。
• We learn a great deal about the details and features of Montaigne's habits, tendencies, and biases.
  我们知悉很多关于蒙田的习惯、好和偏见等的细节与特点。
• They did show decidedly corporatist tendencies.
  他们确实表现出明显的社团主义倾向。
• 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。
• The essay bitterly satirized some unhealthy tendencies in society.
  这篇杂文辛辣地讽刺了社会上的一些不良现象。
• Watch out for symptoms of unhealthy tendencies.
  要注意不良倾向的苗头。
• City's community construction is one of the development tendencies during Chinese social development.
  在中国社会发展中，城市社区建设是发展的主要趋势之一。
• There are some tendencies in process of transformation, such as informatization, globalization, marketization and ecologicalization.
  在这一转变过程中，世界工业化发展出现了信息化、全球化、市场化、生态化的趋势。