tendency

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɛn.dən.si/    美 /ˈtɛn.dən.si/|/ˈten.dən.si/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.
    — Denim has a tendency to fade.
  2. An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation.
    — Mao launched the struggle against the vulgar materialist tendency within the party as early as 1937.

词形变化

tendencies plural

词汇关系

近义词
inclination disposition propensity penchant trend
衍生词
ambitendency book bowel tendency central tendency countertendency measure of central tendency multitendency Serota tendency tendency tone tendency writing tendentious

词源

From Medieval Latin tendentia, from tendens, present participle of tendō.
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