trend
trend
noun
noun
- 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。
■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](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。
■(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。
- 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
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