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单词 trend
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trend

noun
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  1. a general direction in which a situation is changing or developing
    • social/economic/political/demographic trends
    • fashion/market trends
    • trend towards something There is a growing trend towards later retirement.
    • trend in something The article discusses current trends in language teaching
    • This downward trend in sales is likely to continue.
    • There has been an upward trend in the number of accidents reported.
    • Predicting long-term trends in consumer behaviour is more difficult.
    • trend for something A trend for romance and nostalgia has emerged.
    • trend for somebody/something to do something There is an increasing trend for students to live at home.
    • You seem to have set (= started) a new trend.
    • This trend is being reversed (= is going in the opposite direction).
    • One region is attempting to buck (= oppose or resist) the trend of economic decline.
    • Inflation continued its downward trend last month.
    • Regional growth figures are following the national trend.
    • The number of visitors to the city is showing an upward trend.
    • The underlying trend of inflation is still upwards.
    • If this trend continues, the species could soon become extinct.
    • on trend Linen is on trend (= fashionable) again this summer.
    see also on-trend
    Language Bank fallfallDescribing a decrease
      • Car crime in Oxford fell significantly last year.
      • Car crime fell by about a quarter over a 12-month period.
      • The number of stolen vehicles dropped from 1 013 to 780, a fall of 26 per cent.
      • According to this data, 780 vehicles were stolen, 26 per cent down on the previous year.
      • There was an 11 per cent drop in reported thefts from motor vehicles, from 1 971 to 1 737.
      • These figures show that, as far as car crime is concerned, the main trend is downwards.
    Wordfinder
    • boom
    • decline
    • dip
    • fluctuate
    • level off/​out
    • peak
    • plateau
    • plummet
    • slump
    • trend
    Extra Examples
    • I can see a worrying trend in these results.
    • In the 1960s, Britain set the fashion trends.
    • The increase in crime in London was just part of a wider trend.
    • The latest figures show a clear growth trend in the service sector.
    • We are following the American trend towards more flexible working conditions.
    • a trend away from narrow specialization
    • Trends suggest that the car is becoming increasingly popular.
    Topics Change, cause and effectb1, Moneyb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • strong
    • consistent
    • steady
    verb + trend
    • begin
    • create
    • set
    trend + verb
    • develop
    • emerge
    • continue
    preposition
    • on trend
    • trend away from
    • trend for
    See full entry
    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.

trend

verb
/trend/
/trend/
[intransitive] used especially in the progressive tenses
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they trend
/trend/
/trend/
he / she / it trends
/trendz/
/trendz/
past simple trended
/ˈtrendɪd/
/ˈtrendɪd/
past participle trended
/ˈtrendɪd/
/ˈtrendɪd/
-ing form trending
/ˈtrendɪŋ/
/ˈtrendɪŋ/
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  1. to change or develop in a general direction
    • Prices have been trending upwards.
  2. (of a topic) to be discussed a lot on social media within a short period of time
    • See what's trending on Twitter in your local area right now.
  3. 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.
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