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ten·den·cy AHD[tĕnʹdən-sē] D.J.[ˈtendənsiː]K.K.[ˈtɛndənsi]n.（名词）pl. ten.den.cies 【复数】- Movement or prevailing movement in a given direction:趋势：在一给定方向的运动或普遍的行动：observed the tendency of the wind; the shoreward tendency of the current.观察风向；向岸边的潮流
- A characteristic likelihood:可能性：特征上的可能性：fabric that has a tendency to wrinkle.可能起皱的布料
- A predisposition to think, act, behave, or proceed in a particular way.脾性：思想、行为、举止的一种倾向，或以一种特殊方式进行
- An implicit direction or purpose:意向：隐含的倾向或意图：not openly liberal, but that is the tendency of the book.虽然没有公开的自由，但这是这本书的倾向
- An implicit point of view in written or spoken matter; a bias.倾向：在文章或言论中隐含的一种观点；偏见
- Medieval Latin tendentia 中世纪拉丁语 tendentia
- from Latin tendēns tendent- [present participle of] tendere [to tend] * see tend 1源自 拉丁语 tendēns tendent- tendere的现在分词 [倾向于] * 参见 tend1
tendency, trend, current, drift, tenor, inclination- These nouns are compared as they refer to the direction or course of an action or a thought.当这些名词都指一种行为或思想方向或过程时它们可以互相比较。
- Tendency implies a predisposition to proceed in a particular way: Tendency 暗含着以某一特定方式进行的倾向： "The tendency of our own day is . . . towards firm, solid, verifiable knowledge" (William H. Mallock).“我们今天的趋势是…朝向一种坚定、坚实且可证明的知识” （威廉·H·马洛克）。
- Trend often applies to a general or prevailing direction,especially within a particular sphere: Trend 经常指普遍的或流行的方向，尤指在某一特定领域的： "the trend of religious thought in recent times" (James Harvey Robinson). “近些时候宗教思想的趋势” （詹姆士·哈维·罗宾逊）。
- Current suggests a course or flow, as of opinion,especially one representative of a given time or place: Current 暗示路线或流动，如思想观点的，尤指特定时间或地点的典型代表： “[These] words . . . express the whole current of modern feeling" (James Bryce).Adrift is a tendency that depends for its direction or course on the impetus of something likened to a shifting current of air or water: “［这些］ 词…表达了现代情感的整体潮流” （詹姆士· 希莱斯）。Drift 指其方向或路线依赖于被喻为空气或水流的变动潮流的事物的推动力的倾向： Political conservatives fear a drift toward communism in Latin America.政治保守派们对拉丁美洲的共产主义倾向感到恐惧。
- Tenor implies a continuous, unwavering course: Tenor 暗示持续的，不变更的路线： "His conduct was . . . uniform and unvarying in its tenor" (Frederick Marryat).“他的行为…与其一贯方式保持一致，毫不变化” （弗里德里克·马里亚特）。
- Inclination usually refers to an individual's propensity for or disposition toward one thing rather than another: Inclination 通常指个人爱好或喜欢此物甚于彼物的倾向： "Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible,but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary" (Reinhold Niebuhr). “人类对公平的接受能力使民主成为可能，但人类对不公平的倾向却使民主变得必需” （赖因霍尔德·尼布尔）
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