If she showed any tendency to coquetry he would be apt to straighten her tie, or if she " took up " with him at all, to call her by her first name.

The tendency still persists.

这种倾向一直存在.

Prices have an upward tendency.

价格有上升的趋势.

The tendency towards masochism is however always linked with elements of sadism.

不过，性受虐狂的倾向中总是有一些施虐的成分。

He is spoiled, arrogant and has a tendency towards snobbery.

他被宠坏了，傲慢无礼，而且经常自命不凡。

Parks has a tendency to become personally involved with his photographic subjects.

帕克斯往往会跟他的拍摄对象产生感情纠葛。

Her vocal range was, to say the least of it, limited, and she had a distressing tendency to sing flat.

至少可以说，她的音域不够宽，而且令人不舒服的是，她总是音高偏低。

The party threw out the Trotskyist Militant Tendency.

该党开除了托洛茨基主义的激进派。

They have a tendency to show off, to dramatize almost every situation.

他们爱炫耀，几乎对每种情况都添油加醋。

He has a tendency towards pretentiousness.

他总是想表现得自命不凡。

They have a tendency to try to sidetrack you from your task.

他们总试图让你从你的任务中分心。

Stewart has developed a tendency to mix it verbally with the opposition.

斯图尔特现在变得只要和别人意见不合，就准备大吵一架。

He has a tendency to oversell himself.

他爱自我吹嘘。

the tendency to see old people as asexual

认为老年人性缺乏的倾向

They replaced trams by buses.

他们用公共汽车代替了电车.

She has conducted on London buses for twenty years.

她在伦敦公共汽车上担任了二十年的售票员.

As often as not the buses are late on foggy days.

每遇多雾天气，公共汽车往往脱班。

Cars, trucks and buses produce exhaust nearly as harmful as the factories.

汽车 、 卡车和公共汽车排出的废气和工厂的废气差不多同样有害.

Buses run frequently between the city and the airport.

公共汽车频繁地来往于市区与机场之间。

Tour buses have replaced railway cars.

观光巴士已经取代了火车。

Buses and trains use much less fuel per person than cars.

公共汽车和火车的人均燃料耗费量比轿车小得多。