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- a general direction in which something is developing or changing趋向, 趋势, 倾向：
an upward trend in sales and profit margins.
销售额和利润额的上升趋势。
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- a fashion时髦, 时尚：
the latest trends in modern dance.
现代舞蹈的最新时尚。
no obj., with adverbial of direction
1- (especially of geographical features) bend or turn away in a specified direction（尤指地理特征的）走向：
the Richelieu River trending southward to Lake Champlain.
向南流向尚普兰湖的黎塞留河。
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- chiefly N. Amer. change or develop in a general direction〈主北美〉趋向, 倾向：
unemployment has been trending upwards.
失业率呈上升趋势。
词源
Old 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 'assume a general tendency' in the mid 19th cent., a development paralleled in the noun.