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(1) ①tendency[ˈtendənsi]意为“倾向，趋势”，指以某种方式发展或运动的自然可能性。 Business is showing a tendency to improve. 商业改观的趋势。 There was a strong upward tendency in oil shares yesterday.昨天，石油股票有强劲上扬的势头。 ②tendency还可指“癖好，偏好”，指某人在某方面显出特殊的技能或聪明，接介词towards。 Her tendency had always been towardshistory, so we were surprised when she failed her examination in it.她一直偏爱历史课，当她这门功课没考及格时，我们都很吃惊。 (2)①inclination[ˌɪnklɪˈneɪʃn]意为“倾向，爱好”，可接不定式，也可接介词to或towards。 You always follow your own inclinations instead of/without thinking of our feelings. 你总是随心所欲，而不考虑我们的感受。 He showed little inclination to go/going to the U.S.A.他不是很想去美国。 I had no inclination towards life as a doctor when I was young.我年轻的时候从没想过当医生。 ②inclination有时也可与介词for连用。I used to have an inclination for volleyball at college. 上大学时我偏爱排球。 ③inclination有时表示一种自然倾向，相当于tendency。She has an inclination to get fat. 她有发胖的趋势。 (3) bias[ˈbaɪəs]意为“偏见，癖好，倾向性”，用作“偏见，偏心”解时，常带有贬义。 Some people have a bias against foreigners. 有些人对外国人存有偏见。 That boy is not trustworthy: he has a strong bias towards telling lies.那孩子不可靠：他非常喜欢撒谎。 His bias towards literature showed itself in early childhood.幼年时他就表现出了对文学的偏爱。 (4) leaning[ˈliːnɪŋ]指“倾向，偏好”，单复数意思相同，后接towards。 I have a leaning towards traditional Chinese music. 我偏好中国传统音乐。 He is considered to be a reformer with radical leanings.人们认为他是一个激进的改革者。 He has leanings towards crime. 他有犯罪倾向。 (5) propensity[prəˈpensəti]意为“倾向，习性，嗜好”，指心理或性格上的倾向或习惯，常用于不好的方面，后接to, towards，不定式或for doing sth.。 Don't believe him, he has a propensity to exaggerate.不要相信他，他爱夸大其词。 Don't tease that dog: it has biting propensities. 别逗那狗，它好咬人。That he has a propensity for complaining tells against him in his career.他爱抱怨的习惯对他的事业不利。 A propensity to spend money as soon as you get it won't help you to become rich. 钱一到手就花掉的习惯不会帮助你致富。 (6) ①bent[bent]意为“对……的爱好或倾向”，后接介词for。He has a bent for working with machines. 他生性爱跟机器打交道。 No wonder he has always failed in the exams in the subject, he doesn't have a bent for it. 他不喜欢这门课，难怪他老不及格。 ②follow one's own bent指“行其所长，从其所好”。 He is now a doctor, but if he had followed his own bent, he would have been a writer. 他现在是名医生，但是如果他遵循自己的爱好，早就是一位作家了。 (7) disposition[ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃn] 除表示“布置，处理(权)”外，也可作“性格，性情，倾向”解。She has a very cheerful disposition. 她生性活泼。 There was a general disposition to leave early.(We all felt a disposition to leave early.) 大家都想早点离开。 She has a disposition to jealousy/that disease. 她爱嫉妒／生病。 欢迎大家加入我们的微信群，交流信息会更加及时。近期会做几期lecture，大家有特别想听的，欢迎留言或者后天给我。 |
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