ADJECTIVE | VERB + TENDENCY | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤clear, great, marked, pronounced, strong明顯的傾向;顯著的趨勢;強烈的趨向▸➤slight些許傾向▸➤greater, growing, increased, increasing更強烈的趨勢;越來越強烈的傾向◇There's a growing tendency for women to marry later.女性越來越傾向於晚婚。➤broad, common, general廣泛的趨勢;普遍的傾向;大趨勢▸➤inbuilt, inherent, innate, natural, underlying內在的傾向;固有的稟性;自然傾向;潛在脾性▸➤human人類傾向◇our natural human tendency to group all the things we don't like together把我們不喜歡的東西歸在一起的人類自然傾向➤alarming, dangerous, unfortunate, worrying令人恐慌的傾向;危險的趨勢;不利傾向;令人憂慮的趨勢◇The later model has an unfortunate tendency to collapse after a few weeks' use.後一型號用不了幾個星期就有易於崩潰的壞毛病。➤contradictory矛盾的傾向▸➤centrifugal離心的傾向◇The civil war reinforced the centrifugal tendencies at work within the economy.內戰加劇了經濟領域的離心傾向。➤aggressive, destructive, homicidal, psychopathic, suicidal, violent侵略/破壞/殺人/病態/自殺/暴力傾向▸➤artistic, criminal, etc.藝術氣質、犯罪傾向等◇He displayed artistic tendencies at an early age.他小時候就顯示出了藝術氣質。➤homosexual, lesbian同性戀/女同性戀傾向VERB + TENDENCY➤have有傾向▸➤display, exhibit, reflect, reveal, show顯示傾向;反映趨勢;揭示趨勢;顯露趨勢▸➤increase, reinforce強化/加劇趨勢▸➤curb, reduce抑制趨勢;減弱傾向▸➤overcome, resist克服/抵制傾向PREPOSITION➤tendency among⋯之中的傾向◇a worrying tendency among the abused to become abusers受虐者變為施虐者這一令人擔憂的傾向➤tendency for⋯的傾向◇There is a tendency for farm sizes to increase.農場規模有擴大的傾向。➤tendency on the part of⋯表現出的傾向◇The tendency on the part of the children is to blame their parents for everything.子女一方往往事事都怪父母。➤tendency towards/toward朝⋯的趨勢◇Industry showed a tendency towards / toward increasingly centralized administration.工業領域顯示出日益集中化管理的趨勢。