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n.倾向,趋势 vi.伸向,倾向,通向

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trend为短语/超纲词汇   词频:1963

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动词过去式:trended 过去分词:trended 现在分词:trending 第三人称单数:trends

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trend


/trend; trɛnd/
n
1 general tendency or direction 趋势; 趋向; 动向
*The trend of prices is still upwards. 物价仍有上涨趋势.
* a growing trend towards smaller families 家庭日益小型化的趋势
* contemporary trends in psychiatry 当今精神病学的动态
* following the latest trends in fashion 追求最新的流行款式.
2 (idm 习语) ,set a/the `trend start a style, practice, fashion, etc that others copy 开风气之先; 带领新潮流.

v [Ipr, Ip] show a particular tendency 显示某种趋向
*house prices trending upwards 有上涨趋势的房价.

trend


n[C]
[Language: Old English;Origin: trendan 'to turn, go around']
a general tendency in the way a situation is changing or developing
trend towards
 Lately there has been a trend towards hiring younger, cheaper employees.
trend in
 recent trends in education
 The current trend is towards more part-time employment.
 the general trend towards the centralization of political power
 A disturbing trend is that victims of violence are getting younger.
 The growing trend is for single mothers to bring up children by themselves.
 Even so, the underlying trend is positive.
 national and international economic trends
 the downward trend in the price of gold
 Successive presidents have tried to reverse this trend , but without success.
set the trend
to start doing something that other people copy
 Larger corporations are setting the trend for better maternity benefits.
COLLOCATES for sense 1
recent trend
current/present/latest trend
general trend
alarming/worrying/disturbing trend
growing/increasing/rising trend
underlying/long-term trend (=the trend over a long period of time)
economic trends
downward/upward trend (=a tendency for something to increase or decrease)
reverse/buck the trend (=make a trend go in the opposite direction)

1. Because many electrical companies consider nuclear energy too expensive, the trend is toward less dangerous sources of energy.
    由于许多电气公司都认为核能代价太大,因此总体趋势是朝着危害较小的能源发展。

2. The trend of prices is still upwards.
    物价仍有上涨趋势.

3. The third major trend is toward an attitude of indifference.
    第三个势头是人们的态度变得越来越无动于衷。

4. The trend has hurt domestic rose growers such as Johnson Flowers of California, considered to be this country's leading producer.
    这一趋势损害了国内的玫瑰种植商,例如被认为是美国玫瑰种植大户的加州的约翰逊花卉公司。

5. According to writer Simson L. Garfinkel (辛姆森·L. 加芬克尔), the database trend started with Ronald Reagan's stories of people on welfare cheating the government.
    据作者辛姆森·L·加芬克尔说,这种利用数据库掌握情况的趋势始自罗纳德·里根关于领救济金的人对政府有欺骗行为的说法。

6. Surviving cancer is a new trend. HIV/AIDS, however, is spreading quickly all over the world.
    癌症病人的生存率得到提高是一个新趋势。然而,艾滋病却正在全世界迅速蔓延。

7. It´s a ubiquitous trend.
    这是普遍存在的倾向。

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