| 词组 | tendency |
| 释义 | tendency A tendency may be either to or toward (or towards) something: • ... an endearing tendency to wild exaggeration — Times Literary Supp., 22 Oct. 1971 • ... Arlene, with her tendency toward guile —Edith-Jane Bahr, Ladies' Home Jour., October 1971 • ... a tendency towards maintaining the status quo —Calvin H. Plimpton, Amherst College Bulletin, November 1967 In medical writing, to is preferred: • ... a family in which there is a tendency to diabetes —Morris Fishbein, The Popular Medical Encyclopedia, 1946 |
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