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

• Both these tendencies can be found in the thinking of many comrades.
  这两种倾向，在我们的许多同志的思想中是存在着的。
• Watch out for symptoms of unhealthy tendencies.
  要注意不良倾向的苗头。
• 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。
• 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。
• We should rectify the undesirable tendencies in time.
  我们应该及时纠正不良倾向。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Helen had been struggling against suicidal tendencies.
  海伦一直在压制心里的自杀念头。
• They did show decidedly corporatist tendencies.
  他们确实表现出明显的社团主义倾向。