tendency: implies an inclination sometimes amounting to an impelling force: the ~ to expand the limits of what is art. (impel巨大驱动力: great impetus to move)


trend: applies to the general direction maintained by a winding or irregular course: the long-term ~ of the stock market is upward.


drift: may apply to a tendency whose direction or course may be determined by external forces: the ~ of population away from large cities; or it may apply to an underlying or obscure trend of meaning or discourse: a racist ~ runs through all of his works.


tenor: stresses a clearly perceptible direction and continuous, undeviating course: a suburb seeking to maintain its ~ of tranquility(宁静).


current: implies a clearly defined but not necessarily unalterable course or direction: an encounter that altered forever the ~ of my life.


tendency倾向: 倾向(inclination和tendency互释)，有时强烈驱动力，trend趋势: 蜿蜒不定道路的大体方向，drift流动飘移: 受外力作用的移动，或深层模糊的含义或文章倾向，tenor主旨: 强调方向清晰、道路始终不变，current流动、进行:  也是方向清晰，但不一定一成不变。


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          2）趋势的意思是向特定方向的移动mean movement with a particular direction or with a particular character.