to display artistic, etc. tendencies
显示出对艺术等的偏好
I have a tendency to talk too much when I'm nervous.
我紧张时总爱唠叨。
There is a tendency for this disease to run in families.
这种疾病易在家族里遗传。
She has a strong natural tendency towards caution.
她天生小心谨慎。
There is a growing tendency among employers to hire casual staff.
雇主雇用临时职员有增加的趋势。
1.倾向,趋势
2.(话或作品等的)旨趣,意向,倾向性
3.性情,偏好 (to; toward)
1.a strong chance that something will happen in a particular way; an aspect of your character that you show by behaving in a particular way
2.an attitude, habit, or situation that is starting to develop in a particular way
1.Besides, we found a tendency hat contrast sensitivity decreased as the severity of retinopathy increased.
此外，我们发现对比敏感度有随著视网膜病变严重程度而下降的趋势。
2.When I became a stay at home mom this natural tendency to be at home started reeking havoc on my moods and I was becoming a bit of a hermit.
当我成为一个居家妈妈后，这种自然而然的倾向开始破坏我的情绪，我变得有点遁世。
3.Even in this very beginning of a tendency to feel despondent he threw back his head, expanded his chest, and walked as briskly as ever.
就在刚觉得失望的时候，他把头一仰，挺出胸膛，象平常一般精神抖擞地走着。
4.This may be why Uranus's rings are slightly out of round: their self-gravity resists the tendency to smear into a circular band.
或许这就是为何天王星环不是那麽的圆：环内的重力在对抗要扩散成圆带的倾向。
5.Trivia He started acting when his mother sent him to acting camp due to his tendency to break out in song in public places.
他妈妈发现了他在公共场合歌唱的天赋，所以送他去参加了一个演戏的露营俱乐部，他就从那个时候开始了演艺生涯。
6.My husband, who was the captain of the patrol boys in the eighth grade, has a tendency to hold out his arms at the curb: stand back!
而我丈夫在八年级时是童子军队长，每每他会伸出手来抓住我：退后！
7.Good, even great for his age, but there may be a tendency to compare him to, say, Brendan Haywood .
很好，对于他的年龄甚至完美，但是可能有人会把他想成布兰顿海伍德。
8.'The world has had a tendency to focus a disproportionate amount of attention on me, ' Mr. Gates said at the time of the announcement.
盖茨在宣布这一决定时说，“世界将太多的注意力集中到了我的身上。”
9.The bottom shoulder tends to internally rotate as you revolve the chest upward so focus on turning it out to resist that tendency.
当你旋转胸部向上时肩膀的底部倾向于向内旋转，所以焦点放在向外旋转并抵消这种倾向。
10.There has always been a tendency for financial institutions to devote more attention to product innovation than to risk management.
一直以来，金融机构较多在产品创新上花心思，却较少重视风险管理。