tendency
英['tend(ə)nsɪ]
美['tɛndənsi]
英英释意
- 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"
- 2. an inclination to do something;
- "he felt leanings toward frivolity"
- 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"
- 4. a general direction in which something tends to move;
- "the shoreward tendency of the current"
- "the trend of the stock market"