1·There is a tendency to shut museums or shops at a moment's notice.
有一接到通知就关闭博物馆或商店的趋势。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·They have a tendency to show off, to dramatize almost every situation.
他们有一种炫耀的倾向,几乎任何情况都要大肆渲染一番。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·Conversely, teachers who have a tendency to "overdirect" can diminish their gifted pupils' learning autonomy.
相反，有“过度指导”倾向的教师会削弱天才学生的学习自主性。
4·Psychologists have recently focused on the tendency to think about something other than the task one is doing.
心理学家最近关注的是，人们倾向于思考一些与自己正在做的任务无关的事情。
5·While taller wheat competed better for sunlight, they had a tendency to collapse under the weight of extra grain—a trait called lodging.
虽然较高的小麦能更好地争夺阳光，但它们在额外谷粒的重压下会有倒塌的倾向——这种特性被称为倒伏。
6·Hartman describes Milton's tendency in Paradise Lost, and he takes this term from Coleridge: the tendency to stand ab extra, to stand from outside.
哈特曼描述了弥尔顿在《失乐园》中的倾向，他借用了柯勒律治的这个习语：由外而内俯视自身的趋势。
7·These legislators argue that such a policy would reduce crime dramatically, since it would take people with a proven tendency to commit crimes off the streets permanently.
这些立法者认为，这一政策将大幅减少犯罪率，因为它将使那些已被证明有犯罪倾向的人永远远离街头。
8·Not only does she have a tendency to be moody all the time, but she misses appointments, doesn't follow through on projects, and doesn't seem to plan anything till the last minute.
她不仅有时常喜怒无常的倾向，而且会错过约会，无法坚持完成项目，且似乎不到最后一分钟都不做任何计划。
9·It's been suggested in fact that jays, corvids known for stealing each other's food, may hide their food precisely because they are projecting their own tendency to steal onto other jays.
事实上，有研究表明，以偷别人食物而闻名的鸦科动物会隐藏自己的食物，正是因为它们把自己偷东西的倾向投射到其他鸦类身上。
10·Using caregiver assessments and the children's self-observations, she rated each child's overall sympathy level and his or her tendency to feel negative emotions after moral transgressions.
通过对看护者的评估和孩子们的自我观察，她给每个孩子的总体同情心水平以及他们在道德越界后的负面情绪倾向进行评级。