詞語：tendency
tendency是什麼意思
簡明英漢詞典
tendency
[5tendEnsi]
n.
趨向, 傾向
美國傳統詞典[雙解]
tendency
ten.den.cy
AHD:[tμn「d…n-s?]
D.J.[6tend*nsi8]
K.K.[6tWnd*nsi]
n.（名詞）
【複數】 ten.den.cies
(1)Movement or prevailing movement in a given direction:
趨勢：在一給定方向的運動或普遍的行動：
observed the tendency of the wind; the shoreward tendency of the current.
觀察風向；向岸邊的潮流
(2)A characteristic likelihood:
可能性：特徵上的可能性：
fabric that has a tendency to wrinkle.
可能起皺的布料
(3)A predisposition to think, act, behave, or proceed in a particular way.
脾性：思想、行為、舉止的一種傾向，或以一種特殊方式進行
(4)An implicit direction or purpose:
意向：隱含的傾向或意圖：
not openly liberal, but that is the tendency of the book.
雖然沒有公開的自由，但這是這本書的傾向
(5)An implicit point of view in written or spoken matter; a bias.
傾向：在文章或言論中隱含的一種觀點；偏見
語源
(1)Medieval Latin tendentia
中世紀拉丁語 tendentia
(2)from Latin tend?s tendent- [present participle of] tendere [to tend] * see tend 1
源自 拉丁語 tend?s tendent- [] tendere的現在分詞 [傾向於] *參見 tend1
參考詞彙
(1)tendency， trend， current， drift， tenor， inclination
(2)These nouns are compared as they refer to the direction or course of an action or a thought.
當這些名詞都指一種行為或思想方向或過程時它們可以互相比較。
(3)Tendency implies a predisposition to proceed in a particular way:
Tendency 暗含著以某一特定方式進行的傾向：
「The tendency of our own day is . . . towards firm, solid, verifiable knowledge」 (William H. Mallock).
「我們今天的趨勢是…朝向一種堅定、堅實且可證明的知識」 （威廉·H·馬洛克）。
(4)Trend often applies to a general or prevailing direction, especially within a particular sphere:
Trend 經常指普遍的或流行的方向，尤指在某一特定領域的：
「the trend of religious thought in recent times」 (James Harvey Robinson).
「近些時候宗教思想的趨勢」 （詹姆士·哈維·羅賓遜）。
(5)Current suggests a course or flow, as of opinion, especially one representative of a given time or place:
Current 暗示路線或流動，如思想觀點的，尤指特定時間或地點的典型代表：
「[These] words . . . express the whole current of modern feeling」 (James Bryce). A drift is a tendency that depends for its direction or course on the impetus of something likened to a shifting current of air or water:
「〔這些〕 詞…表達了現代情感的整體潮流」 （詹姆士· 希萊斯）。Drift 指其方向或路線依賴於被喻為空氣或水流的變動潮流的事物的推動力的傾向：
Political conservatives fear a drift toward communism in Latin America.
政治保守派們對拉丁美洲的共產主義傾向感到恐懼。
(6)Tenor implies a continuous, unwavering course:
Tenor 暗示持續的，不變更的路線：
「His conduct was . . . uniform and unvarying in its tenor」 (Frederick Marryat).
「他的行為…與其一貫方式保持一致，毫不變化」 （弗裡德裡克·馬裡亞特）。
(7)Inclination usually refers to an individual's propensity for or disposition toward one thing rather than another:
Inclination 通常指個人愛好或喜歡此物甚於彼物的傾向：
「Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary」 (Reinhold Niebuhr).
「人類對公平的接受能力使民主成為可能，但人類對不公平的傾向卻使民主變得必需」 （賴因霍爾德·尼布爾）
現代英漢詞典
tendency
[5tendEnsI]
n.
-cies
(1)傾向；趨勢
(2)脾性；修養；天才
His tendency to utter acrimonious remarks alienated his roomates.
他老是說話尖刻,使同寢室的人和他疏遠了。
現代英漢綜合大辭典
tendency
[5tendEnsi]
n.
(1)傾向, 趨勢
(2)癖好, 脾性(to, toward)
(3)(作品等的)旨趣, 意向, 傾向(性)
習慣用語
have a tendency to [towards]
有...的傾向
特殊用法
acquired tendency
習得傾向
agglomerative -cies
聯合的趨勢
barometric tendency
【氣】氣壓傾向
bearish tendency
(交易所裡的)股票行情看跌
bloating tendency
膨脹性
bullish tendency
(交易所裡的)股票行情看漲
central tendency
集中趨勢(指勻數、中數與眾數而言)
centralized tendency
集中趨勢
chilling tendency
白口傾向
communicative tendency
社交傾向
congenital -cies
先天傾向
convergent tendency
收斂趨勢
decarburizing tendency
脫碳傾向
downward tendency
下跌的趨勢, 看跌
escaping tendency
【物化】逃逸趨勢
falling tendency
下跌的趨勢, 看跌
fluffing tendency
起毛趨勢
foaming tendency
起泡性能, 起泡傾向
gassing -cies
氣體生成趨勢
gum-forming tendency
生成膠質的傾向
horizontal directive tendency
【物】橫向度
incipient tendency
苗頭, 勢頭
inherited tendency
遺傳趨勢, 遺傳傾向
innate tendency
固有意向
ionization tendency
電離傾向
knock tendency
爆震性
latent tendency
潛在的傾向
oxidation tendency
氧化傾向
polymer-forming tendency
形成聚合物趨勢
pressure tendency
【氣】氣壓傾向
sticking tendency
粘著性
stronger tendency
上漲的趨勢, 看漲
tearing tendency
開裂傾向
upward tendency
上漲的趨勢, 看漲
vapor locking -cies
形成氣塞傾向
weaker tendency
下跌的趨勢, 看跌
tendency to oxidize
氧化傾向
參考詞彙
tendency trend drift
都含「傾向」、「趨勢」的意思。
(1)tendency 指「向某一方向移動或在確定的趨向中行動」, 如:
show a tendency to improve
顯示改善的傾向。
(2)trend 指「總的趨向或傾向」, 如:
a recent trend in literature
文學的最近傾向。
(3)drift 指「事情進行的趨勢或動向」, 如:
The drift of opinion was against war.
輿論的趨勢是反對戰爭。
用法詞典
tendency
tend+ -ency
英文相關詞典
tendency
aptitudebentdispositioninclinationleaningproclivity
[七國語言]英漢地質大詞典
tendency
傾向
[七國語言]英漢地理大詞典
tendency
傾向
[七國語言]英漢電子工程大詞典
tendency
傾向
[七國語言]英漢建築大詞典
tendency
傾向, 瞧
[七國語言]英漢礦業大詞典
tendency
傾向
[七國語言]英漢數學大詞典
tendency
瞧
美國傳統詞典
tendency
ten.den.cy
AHD:[tμn「d…n-s?]
D.J.[6tend*nsi8]
K.K.[6tWnd*nsi]
n.
pl. ten.den.cies
(1)Movement or prevailing movement in a given direction:
observed the tendency of the wind; the shoreward tendency of the current.
(2)A characteristic likelihood:
fabric that has a tendency to wrinkle.
(3)A predisposition to think, act, behave, or proceed in a particular way.
(4)An implicit direction or purpose:
not openly liberal, but that is the tendency of the book.
(5)An implicit point of view in written or spoken matter; a bias.
語源
(1)Medieval Latin tendentia
(2)from Latin tend?s tendent- [present participle of] tendere [to tend] * see tend 1
參考詞彙
(1)tendency, trend, current, drift, tenor, inclination
(2)These nouns are compared as they refer to the direction or course of an action or a thought.
(3)Tendency implies a predisposition to proceed in a particular way:
「The tendency of our own day is . . . towards firm, solid, verifiable knowledge」 (William H. Mallock).
(4)Trend often applies to a general or prevailing direction, especially within a particular sphere:
「the trend of religious thought in recent times」 (James Harvey Robinson).
(5)Current suggests a course or flow, as of opinion, especially one representative of a given time or place:
「[These] words . . . express the whole current of modern feeling」 (James Bryce). A drift is a tendency that depends for its direction or course on the impetus of something likened to a shifting current of air or water:
Political conservatives fear a drift toward communism in Latin America.
(6)Tenor implies a continuous, unwavering course:
「His conduct was . . . uniform and unvarying in its tenor」 (Frederick Marryat).
(7)Inclination usually refers to an individual's propensity for or disposition toward one thing rather than another:
「Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary」 (Reinhold Niebuhr).
英漢船舶大詞典
tendency
n.傾向,傾向性;n.趨勢
英漢地質大詞典
tendency
n.傾向,趨勢
英漢航海大詞典
tendency
n.傾向,傾向
英漢航空大詞典
tendency
n.傾向
英漢化學大詞典
tendency
n.傾向,趨向,趨勢
英漢經貿大詞典
tendency
n.傾向
英漢計算機大詞典
tendency
n.傾向
英漢機械大詞典
tendency
n.趨勢,趨向
英漢農牧林大詞典
tendency
n.趨向,趨勢,傾向
英漢能源大詞典
tendency
n.傾向
英漢水利大詞典
tendency
n.趨勢,傾向
英漢消防大詞典
tendency
傾向
英漢心理學大詞典
tendency
傾向
英漢冶金大詞典
tendency
n.傾向,趨勢
英漢醫學大詞典
tendency
n.趨勢,趨向
英漢中醫大詞典
tendency
n.趨向,趨勢,傾向