烦请英文专家作答14.Nooneknowswhetherachild’stowardsfatnessisinheritedorduetothefoodheeats.A.tendencyB.trendC.intentionD.inclination1.请翻译此句2.答案,为什么?（敬请不知道为什么的,不要回

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烦请英文专家作答
14. No one knows whether a child’s ______ towards fatness is inherited or due to the food he eats.
A. tendency B. trend
C. intention D. inclination
1.请翻译此句
2.答案,为什么?
（敬请不知道为什么的,不要回答,谢谢.
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Answer 1

译文：没有人清楚小孩的肥胖倾向是由于遗传还是因为他所吃的食物
选：A.tendency
辨析：
TRENDENCY比TREND更抽象化
trend:[ trend ]
n.趋势,倾向,方位
v.倾向
例句与用法:1.The prices of houses are trending upwards.
房价趋于上涨.
2.The youth like to follow the latest trends in fashion.
年轻人喜好追求最新的流行款式.
3.The trend of prices is still upwards.
物价仍有上涨趋势.
4.The runaway inflation would seem to put the brakes on such a trend.
失控的通货膨胀似乎阻止这一趋势的发展.
5.This quartet represents a major new trend in modern music.
这首四重奏的曲子反映了现代音乐中一种主要的新趋向.
tendency:[ 'tendənsi ]
n.趋势,倾向
例句与用法:
1.There is a growing tendency for people to work at home instead of in offices.
人们在家里而不是在办公室里工作的趋势日益增长.
2.She has artistic tendencies.
她有艺术气质.
3.The belief that society has an innate tendency toward improvement and that this tendency may be furthered through conscious human effort.
社会向善论认为社会具有变得更好的内在倾向和人类有力量促使其改善的信仰或学说
4.A tendency to revert to a former state.
反动希望回到过去状态的趋势
5.He had a tendency to shrink up whenever attention was focused on him.
当别人注意他时,他就会退缩一旁.
6.His illness grew out of his tendency to overwork.
他的病是由于工作过度所致.
intention某种心理上潜意识里的意愿目的
inclination
n.倾斜,弯曲,倾度,倾向,爱好