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

• The chief engineer sounded a sharp warning against all these tendencies.
  总工程师对这些倾向发出了尖锐的警告。
• But certain tendencies towards a crude approach and over-simplification cannot be ignored or denied.
  工作中也存在着某些简单化和粗暴的倾向，这也不能否认和忽视。
• 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。
• 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。
• As they indicate in the following quotes, this dual perspective influenced their future tendencies.
  如同在下面的引述中他们所指出的一样，这种双重视角影响了他们未来的动向。
• Tone down your kamikaze tendencies and take more prudent risks.
  别那么玩命，冒险时要谨慎些。
• I was always regarded in the Army with a certain amount of suspicion because of my left-wing tendencies.
  由于我的左翼倾向，在军队中我总是受到一些猜疑。
• Helen had been struggling against suicidal tendencies.
  海伦一直在压制心里的自杀念头。
• We must check bad tendencies.
  （我们）要煞住歪风邪气。
• American abdication would tempt Soviet tendencies toward filling every vacuum.
  美国的退位将使苏联想要填补每一个真空。