n 趋势(向)、倾(动)向(general direction of ways of thinking or behaving)[C]：the～of events/history/modern opinion 事件/历史/现代思想(发展)的趋向;a～of thought 思潮;a～towards simpler styles in woman's dresses/less formal clothing/smaller family 女服简单化/向休闲式样发展/向小家庭发展的趋势;an upward～in share prices 股票价格的上升趋势;the new～in women's apparel 女装的新潮流;the latest political～最新的政治动向;follow the latest～s in fashion 赶时髦;contemporary～s in psychiatry/the teaching of foreign languages 当代精神病学/外语教学的趋势;set a/the～开风气之先河;〖同〗fashion，tendency，inclination;

vi 有……趋势，倾向(have particular tendency)[I+prep，I+adv]：house/share prices～ing upwards 有上涨趋势的房价/股价;The wind/mountain road/river～s east. 风朝东刮/这条山路向东沿伸/这条河向东流。

→′trendy adj(赶)时髦的;n 赶时髦的人;′trendily adv 时髦地;′trendiness n 时髦;′trend-setter n 树立新风尚的人;′trend-setting adj 树立新风尚的;

【辨异】trend 与current、drift、inclination和tendency的区别见CURRENT。