Front | tendency |
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Pron | ['tendənsi] |
Back | 【TENDENCY】 Boys have a stronger tendency to fight than girls. 男孩比女孩好打架。 【重点词汇】 tendency n. 趋势 同: inclination |
Vocab | tendencyan inclination to do something
A tendency is an inclination to do something. For example, dogs have a tendency to bark at strangers and the mail man. We all have tendencies: things we're inclined to do, or like to do, or just can't help doing. Morning people have a tendency to get up early. Basketball players usually have a tendency to go right or left. Optimists have a tendency to look on the bright side of things; pessimists have the opposite tendency. Other things have tendencies too, like how the stock market tends to go up and down. All forms of 'tendency' will appear on average once every 176 pages. tend tendency tender tending untended tendencious tendentious tendentiously tendentiousness tenderise tenderize tenderized tenderly tenderness tenderisation tenderised tenderiser tenderization tenderizer |
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