tendency

倾向；趋势

脾性；修养；天才

tendency

趋向, 倾向

tendency

1. an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict"

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2. an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity"

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3. a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect; "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink"

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4. a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"

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