2N-COUNT [usually singular]规范;风尚;时尚 To set a trend means to do something that becomes accepted or fashionable, and that a lot of other people copy. 规范;风尚;时尚
The record has already proved a success and may well start a trend.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + TREND | TREND + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤strong強大的趨勢▸➤consistent, steady一貫的/穩定的趨勢▸➤accelerating, growing, increasing加速的/增長的/增加的趨勢▸➤underlying潛在的趨勢◇Despite this month's disappointing figures, the underlying trend is healthy.儘管本月的數字令人失望,但潛在的趨勢卻是健康的。➤big, dominant, main, major, prevailing大趨勢;支配性趨勢;主要趨勢;重大趨勢;主導趨勢▸➤current, latest, new, recent目前趨勢;最新動態;新趨向;最近的趨勢▸➤long-term長期趨勢▸➤gradual逐步的趨勢▸➤clear, marked, significant清晰的趨勢;顯著的趨勢▸➤important重要的發展趨勢▸➤general, overall總的趨向▸➤apparent, discernible表面的/可辨的趨勢▸➤global, international, national, worldwide全球的/國際的/全國的/世界範圍的趨勢▸➤larger, wider更大的趨勢◇The increase in crime in the capital was just part of a wider trend.首都犯罪率的升高僅僅是冰山一角。➤positive, upward積極的/向上的趨勢▸➤downward, negative向下的/消極的趨勢▸➤opposite相反的趨勢▸➤healthy, welcome健康的/受歡迎的趨向▸➤adverse, dangerous, disturbing, unfortunate, worrying不利的/危險的/使人不安的/令人遺憾的/讓人擔憂的趨勢▸➤fashion時尚潮流▸➤demographic, population人口統計趨勢;人口趨勢▸➤cultural, social文化的/社會的趨勢▸➤evolutionary, historical演變的/歷史的趨勢▸➤economic, market經濟的趨勢;市場的趨向▸➤growth, inflationary增長的/通貨膨脹的趨勢◇The latest figures show a clear growth trend in the service sector.最近的數字清楚地表明了服務部門的增長趨勢。VERB + TREND➤begin, create, set, start開創潮流◇In the 1960s, Britain set the fashion trends.20 世紀 60 年代,英國開創了時尚新風。➤continue繼續趨勢▸➤follow追隨趨勢◇We are following the trend for more flexible working conditions.我們追隨趨勢,向更加靈活的工作條件轉變。➤reinforce加強趨勢▸➤buck, counteract, go against反潮流;對抗趨勢◇efforts to buck the current downward trend in sales頂住目前銷售下降這一趨勢的努力➤reverse扭轉趨勢▸➤halt阻止趨勢▸➤detect, identify, notice, observe, see察覺到趨勢◇I can see a worrying trend in these results.我在這些結果中能看到一種令人擔憂的趨勢。➤indicate, reflect, show, suggest表明趨勢;反映趨勢◇The data indicates a trend towards / toward earlier retirement.數據表明退休年齡有提前的趨向。TREND + VERB➤develop, emerge趨勢形成/出現▸➤continue趨勢繼續▸➤indicate sth, reflect sth, show sth, suggest sth趨勢表明⋯;趨勢反映⋯◇Current trends suggest that cities will continue to grow.目前的趨勢表明,城市將繼續發展。➤grow趨勢發展PREPOSITION➤on trend順應潮流◇Linen is on trend again this summer.亞麻衣料今年夏天再次流行。➤trend away from遠離⋯趨勢◇a trend away from narrow specialization擺脫狹隘專業化的趨勢➤trend for追求⋯的趨勢◇A trend for nostalgia has emerged.出現了一股懷舊的風潮。➤trend in在⋯方面的趨勢◇future trends in the volume of employment就業量的未來趨勢➤trend towards/toward朝⋯的趨勢◇the trend towards / toward privatization私有化的趨勢
trend ♦︎ tendency ♦︎ movement ♦︎ driftThese are all words for a change in a situation or in the way people think and behave that happens slowly.这些词均表示趋势、趋向、转变。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆the trend / tendency / movement / drift towards sth◆the trend / movement / drift away from sth◆a trend / tendency to do sth◆a general trend / tendency / movement / drift◆a downward / gradual trend / movement / drift■trend [countable] a general direction in which a situation is changing or developing趋势;倾向;动向◆a survey of social trends社会趋势调查◆a downward / upward trend in sales销售额下滑/上升的趋势◆There is a growing trend towards earlier retirement.提早退休有增加的趋势。◆The company managed to buck the trend(= to be different from most others) and increase profits this year.该公司努力使得业务不随大趋势下滑,今年的利润还有所增加。 see also trend ⇨ fashion■tendency [countable] a new custom that is starting to develop趋势;趋向◆There is a growing tendency among employers to hire casual workers.雇主雇用临时工有增加的趋势。 see also tendency ⇨ tendency■movement [singular] a gradual change in what people in society do or think(社会行为或观念的)逐步转变◆A movement away from this idea can be seen in the second half of the century.这个观念的转变可能会在本世纪下半叶显现。◆The movement to greater liberalization was halted.更为自由化的转变停止了。■drift [singular] a gradual change or development from one situation to another, especially to sth bad that happens because nobody is aware of it or does anything to stop it(尤因未加关注或遏制而逐渐恶化的)趋势,倾向◆Action is needed to prevent a drift into lawlessness.需要采取行动来遏制目无法纪的势头。◆The polls show a drift back towards Labour.民意调查显示人们重新倾向支持工党。