trend
noun OPAL WOPAL S
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- a general direction in which a situation is changing or developing
趋势；趋向；倾向；动向 - social/economic/political/demographic trends
社会/经济/政治/人口趋势 - fashion/market trends
时尚／市场趋势 - trend towards something There is a growing trend towards later retirement.
推迟退休者有增加的趋势。 - trend in something The article discusses current trends in language teaching
文章讨论了当前语言教学的趋势 - This downward trend in sales is likely to continue.
这种销售下降趋势可能会持续下去。 - There has been an upward trend in the number of accidents reported.
报告的事故数量呈上升趋势。 - Predicting long-term trends in consumer behaviour is more difficult.
预测消费者行为的长期趋势更加困难。 - trend for something A trend for romance and nostalgia has emerged.
一股追求浪漫和怀旧的潮流出现了。 - trend for somebody/something to do something There is an increasing trend for students to live at home.
学生住在家里的趋势越来越明显。 - You seem to have set (= started) a new trend.
看来你们是开了一个新风气。 - This trend is being reversed (= is going in the opposite direction).
这种倾向正在向相反的方向转变。 - One region is attempting to buck (= oppose or resist) the trend of economic decline.
有一个地区试图在经济衰退的趋势中逆流而上。 - Inflation continued its downward trend last month.
上个月通胀继续呈下降趋势。 - Regional growth figures are following the national trend.
地区增长数据遵循全国趋势。 - The number of visitors to the city is showing an upward trend.
到访该市的游客数量呈现上升趋势。 - The underlying trend of inflation is still upwards.
通货膨胀的潜在趋势仍然是上升的。 - If this trend continues, the species could soon become extinct.
如果这种趋势持续下去，该物种可能很快就会灭绝。 - on trend Linen is on trend (= fashionable) again this summer.
今夏又流行亚麻织品了。
Language Bank fallfallDescribing a decrease- Car crime in Oxford fell significantly last year.
去年牛津的汽车犯罪显著下降。
- Car crime in Oxford fell significantly last year.
- Car crime fell by about a quarter over a 12-month period.
12 个月内汽车犯罪下降了约四分之一。
- Car crime fell by about a quarter over a 12-month period.
- The number of stolen vehicles dropped from 1 013 to 780, a fall of 26 per cent.
被盗汽车数量从 1 013 辆减少到 780 辆，下降了 26%。
- The number of stolen vehicles dropped from 1 013 to 780, a fall of 26 per cent.
- According to this data, 780 vehicles were stolen, 26 per cent down on the previous year.
数据显示，有 780 辆汽车被盗，比上年减少 26%。
- According to this data, 780 vehicles were stolen, 26 per cent down on the previous year.
- There was an 11 per cent drop in reported thefts from motor vehicles, from 1 971 to 1 737.
报告的机动车辆盗窃案下降了 11%，从 1 971 起下降到 1 737 起。
- There was an 11 per cent drop in reported thefts from motor vehicles, from 1 971 to 1 737.
- These figures show that, as far as car crime is concerned, the main trend is downwards.
这些数据表明，就汽车犯罪而言，大趋势是下降的。
- These figures show that, as far as car crime is concerned, the main trend is downwards.
Wordfinder- boom
- decline
- dip
- fluctuate
- level off/out
- peak
- plateau
- plummet
- slump
- trend
Extra ExamplesTopics Change, cause and effectb1, Moneyb1- I can see a worrying trend in these results.
我在这些结果中能看到一种令人担忧的趋势。 - In the 1960s, Britain set the fashion trends.
20 世纪 60 年代，英国开创了时尚新风。 - The increase in crime in London was just part of a wider trend.
伦敦犯罪率的升高仅仅是一个更大的趋势的一部份。 - The latest figures show a clear growth trend in the service sector.
最近的数字清楚地表明了服务部门的增长趋势。 - We are following the American trend towards more flexible working conditions.
我们跟随美国的趋势，向更加灵活的工作条件转变。 - a trend away from narrow specialization
摆脱狭隘专业化的趋势 - Trends suggest that the car is becoming increasingly popular.
趋势表明汽车越来越受欢迎。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- strong
- consistent
- steady
- …
- begin
- create
- set
- …
- develop
- emerge
- continue
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- on trend
- trend away from
- trend for
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Word OriginOld English trendan ‘revolve, rotate’, of Germanic origin; compare with trundle. The verb sense ‘turn in a specified direction’ dates from the late 16th cent, and gave rise to the figurative use ‘develop in a general direction’ in the mid 19th cent., a development paralleled in the noun. - social/economic/political/demographic trends