名词

1. (令人焦虑或不快的)习惯，经常性行为，倾向
A tendency is a worrying or unpleasant habit or action that keeps occurring.

2. (性格中不良的)倾向，偏好
A tendency is a part of your character that makes you behave in an unpleasant or worrying way.

1. a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect

e.g. the alkaline inclination of the local waters
fabric with a tendency to shrink

Synonym: inclination

2. an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others

e.g. he had an inclination to give up too easily
a tendency to be too strict

Synonym: inclinationdisposition

3. an inclination to do something

e.g. he felt leanings toward frivolity

Synonym: leaningpropensity

4. a general direction in which something tends to move

e.g. the shoreward tendency of the current
the trend of the stock market

Synonym: trend