a general direction in which a situation is changing or developing 趋势；趋向；倾向；动态；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. 以后退休的趋势越来越大。 - trend in something
The article discusses current trends in language teaching 本文讨论了语言教学的最新趋势 This downward trend in sales is likely to continue. 这种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. 学生在家中居住的趋势正在增加。 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. 上个月通货膨胀率继续下降。 Regional growth figures are following the national trend. 区域增长数字紧随国家趋势。 The number of visitors to the city is showing an upward trend. 该城市的游客人数呈上升趋势。 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. 如果这种趋势继续下去，该物种将很快灭绝。 - on trend
Linen is on trend (= fashionable) again this summer. 亚麻衣料今年夏天再次流行。
Language Bank fallfallDescribing 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 per cent down on the previous year. 根据该数据，有780辆汽车被盗，比上一年下降了26％。
There was an 11 per cent drop in reported thefts from motor vehicles, from 1 971 to 1 737. 报告的汽车盗窃事件从1 971下降到1 737，下降了11％。
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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Change, cause and effectb1, Moneyb1I 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，汽车正在变得越来越受欢迎。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- strong
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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.