名詞:傾向、趨勢
常見搭配詞:
- a general tendency for…(to do something)
有…的普遍趨勢
例句:There is a general tendency for people to live longer now.
現在人們普遍有著更長壽命的趨勢。 - strong tendency
強烈傾向
例句:He has a strong tendency to exaggerate his achievements.
他有誇大自己成就的強烈傾向。 - a tendency to procrastinate / overeat / change
拖延 / 暴食 / 變動 傾向
例句:She has a tendency to procrastinate on important tasks.
她常會拖延重要任務。 - have an upward tendency / a downward tendency
有上升/下降的 趨勢
例句:There has been an upward tendency in housing prices recently.
最近,房價呈上升趨勢。 - tendency towards aggression
傾向於攻擊性
例句:Some animals display a tendency towards aggression when they feel threatened.
當感到受威脅時,一些動物會表現出攻擊傾向。 - tendency to be punctual
守時傾向
例句:She has a tendency to be punctual, which is an admirable quality.
她很守時,這是一個令人欽佩的品質。
例句:
- Humans have a natural tendency to seek companionship.
人類具有尋求陪伴的自然傾向。 - Some people have a tendency to overeat when they are stressed.
一些人在壓力下容易暴食。 - He has a tendency to assume that everyone shares his opinion.
他傾向於假設每個人都同意他的觀點。 - The weather here has a tendency to change rapidly.
這裡的天氣常常會迅速變化。 - There’s a growing tendency for men to marry later.
男性晚婚的趨勢越來越明顯。 - There may well be a tendency for people to use social media more frequently when they feel isolated or bored.
當人們感到孤立或無聊時,他們很可能會更頻繁地使用社交媒體。
同義詞:
- inclination 傾向、愛好 n. 表示個人的喜好或偏好,通常基於個性或興趣。
例句:He has an inclination towards music and plays several instruments.
他對音樂有濃厚的興趣,並且會彈奏幾種樂器。 - propensity 傾向、易於 n. 表示人或事物自然地傾向於某種行為或特徵。
例句:She has a propensity for arriving late to meetings.
她開會總是遲到。 - predisposition 傾向、易感性 n. 表示基於遺傳、環境或其他因素而對某種行為或特徵的易感性。
例句:He has a genetic predisposition to diabetes.
他具有患糖尿病的遺傳傾向。 - proclivity 傾向、癖好 n. 表示對某種行為或興趣的強烈傾向。
例句:He has a proclivity for collecting rare stamps.
他有收藏稀有郵票的癖好。 - penchant 傾向、愛好 n. 表示對某種事物的特殊喜好或傾向。
例句:She has a penchant for wearing vintage clothing.
她喜歡穿復古服裝的傾向。
衍生字:
- tend 傾向於、往往會、照顧、護理、維護 n.
- tendentious 演講或文章有強烈傾向的、有偏見的 adj.
- tendentiously 有強烈傾向地、有偏見地 adv.
- tendentiousness 傾向性 n.
- attend 出席、參加、注意、陪同、照顧 、伴隨…而至 vt.
- attention 注意、關心、特別護理 n.
- attendance 參加、出席的人數 n.
- attendant 伺候的、護理的 adj. 服務員、隨從 n.
- attendee 出席者 n.