英语词汇“tendency”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

ten·den·cy

(tĕndən-sē)

n. pl. ten·den·cies

a. A characteristic likelihood: fabric that has a tendency to wrinkle.

b. A predisposition to think, act, or proceed in a particular way: his tendency to exaggerate.

c. A characteristic pattern or point of view: the book's tendency to oversimplify events.

2. Movement or prevailing movement in a given direction: observed the tendency of the wind; the shoreward tendency of the current.

[Medieval Latin tendentia, from Latin tendēns, tendent-, present participle of tendere, to tend; see TEND¹.]

Synonyms: tendency, trend, current, drift, tenor
These nouns refer to the direction or course of an action or thought. Tendency implies a predisposition to proceed in a particular way: "The tendency of our own day is ... towards firm, solid, verifiable knowledge" (William H. Mallock).
Trend often applies to a general or prevailing direction, especially within a particular sphere: "What makes time an arrow is entropy, the coming apart of all things, the universal trend toward disorder" (Jennifer Ackerman).
Current suggests a course or flow, as of opinion, especially one representative of a given time or place: "the whole current of modern feeling" (James Bryce).
A drift is a tendency that seems driven by a current of events: a drift toward anarchy as the government collapsed. Tenor implies a general or ongoing course: "The tempo, the tenor of life on the mountain and around the mine began to change" (Anita Desai).

单词	tendency
释义	ten·den·cy (tĕndən-sē) n. pl. ten·den·cies 1. a. A characteristic likelihood: fabric that has a tendency to wrinkle. b. A predisposition to think, act, or proceed in a particular way: his tendency to exaggerate. c. A characteristic pattern or point of view: the book's tendency to oversimplify events. 2. Movement or prevailing movement in a given direction: observed the tendency of the wind; the shoreward tendency of the current. [Medieval Latin tendentia, from Latin tendēns, tendent-, present participle of tendere, to tend; see TEND¹.] *Synonyms:* tendency, trend, current, drift, tenor These nouns refer to the direction or course of an action or thought. Tendency implies a predisposition to proceed in a particular way: "The tendency of our own day is ... towards firm, solid, verifiable knowledge" (William H. Mallock). Trend often applies to a general or prevailing direction, especially within a particular sphere: "What makes time an arrow is entropy, the coming apart of all things, the universal trend toward disorder" (Jennifer Ackerman). Current suggests a course or flow, as of opinion, especially one representative of a given time or place: "the whole current of modern feeling" (James Bryce). A drift is a tendency that seems driven by a current of events: a drift toward anarchy as the government collapsed. Tenor implies a general or ongoing course: "The tempo, the tenor of life on the mountain and around the mine began to change" (Anita Desai).
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