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🔑 trend AW BrE /trend/NAmE /trend/ nouna general direction in which a situation is changing or developing 趋势；趋向；倾向；动态；动向◆economic/social/political trends 经济/社会/政治趋势◆~ (towards sth) There is a growing trend towards earlier retirement. 提早退休者有增加的趋势。◆~ (in sth) current trends in language teaching 当前语言教学的趋势◆a downward/an upward trend in sales 销售额下滑/上升的趋势◆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。◆The underlying trend of inflation is still upwards. 通货膨胀的潜在趋势仍然是上升的。fallDescribing a decrease 描述下降- ◆Car crime in Oxford fell significantly last year. 去年牛津的汽车犯罪显著下降。
- ◆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。
- ◆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%。
- ◆According to this data, 780 vehicles were stolen, 26% down on the previous year. 根据这份数据，780 辆车被盗，比去年下降了 26%。
- ◆There was an 11% drop in reported thefts from motor vehicles, from 1 971 to 1 737. 机动车财物盗窃案件数量下降了 11%，从 1 971 下降到 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。
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