tendency
tendency
(pl. -ies)
(pl. -ies)
- an inclination towards a particular characteristic or type of behaviour
趋势，趋向；倾向
for students, there is a tendency to socialize in the evenings.
晚上学生们倾向于聚在一起。
criminal tendencies.
犯罪倾向。
■a group within a larger political party or movement
政治社团
the dominant tendency in the party remained right-wing.
党内占主导地位的依旧是右翼势力。
- early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin tendentia, from tendere 'to stretch' (see tend)
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