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紧张时总爱啼叨。◊ There is a tendency/or this disease to ran in/amiHes.这种疾病易在家族里迤传。◊ She has a strong natural tendency towards caution.

小心谨慎。2： [C]〜(for sb/sth) do sth)丨(to/towards sth) a new custom that is starting to develop 趋势；趋向 Pn?l trend ： There is a growing tendency among employers to hire caiuai stc#雇主雇用临时职员有增加 的趋备。3.[C+sing./pl. V.] (8/f) a group within a larger political group, whose views are more extreme than those of the rest of the group (政驾内的）极端派别 ten-den>tious /ten'denjas/ adj. (formal, usually disap­proving) (of a speech, piece of writing, theory, etc. ^ 讲、文♦、理论等）expressing a strong opinion that people are likely to disagree with 倾向性办；...有偏见 的；有争议的 controversial ► ten.den.tious.ly adv. H771 controversially ten-den*tious ness noun [U] ten-der /'tenda(r)/ orf/'., noun, verb sadj. (ten-derer, tenderest) ismwj More tender and most tender are also common. * more tender ffl most tender 也常用。1 kind, gentle and loving 和善的；温柔 的;亲切如；慈爱的：tender words亲切的话语◊ What he needs now is a lot of tender loving care (= sympa- thetic treatment).他现需要的是充分的关心和会护。

2 (of food 食物）easy to bite through and cut 嫩的；柔 软的：77iis meat is extremdy tender.这肉嫩得很。PHI3 tough 3 (of part of the body 身体知位)painful when you touch it 秦痛的；一触即痛的 H771 sore 4 easily hurt or damaged易裱环的；纤彘命；脆弱的BBCJdeli- cate： tender young plants      ►ten-der-ly adv.

ten-der*ness noun [U] at a .tender 'age | at the tender age of ... used in connection with sb who is still young and does not have much experience 在少不 更事的…岁时；在不谙世故的…岁上：He〖讲home at the tender age 〇/ 25.他15岁离家，-还少不更事。◊ She shouldn't be having to deal with problems like this at such a tender age.她小小年纪涉世未深，实在还不该处 理这样的问题。

s noun 1 a formal offer to supply goods or do work at a stated price 投标 H77I bid ： Cleaning services have been put out to tender {= companies have been asked to make offers to supply these services).清扫.工作已经 对外招标。◊ a competitive tender具看盍辜力始投g 2 a truck attached to a steam engine, carrying fuel and water (蒸汽机车的）煤水幸 3 a small boat，used for carrying people or goods between a larger boat and land (在大船和口岸之间载运人或货物的）供应船，补给 船，交通船

覼 verfc 1 [V]〜（for sth) to make a formal offer to supply goods or do work at a stated price 投标：Local firms were invited to tender/or the bm’Wfng contract.当地的公 司被邀请投标承包建筑工程。2 [VN]〜sth (to sb) (/brma/) to offer or give sth to sb 提议；声供；运出：ffe has tendered his resignation to the Prime Minister, jlk S r〇I 首相递交辞呈。

tend-er-foot /'tendafut; NAmE -derf-/ noun {pi. tend-er- feet or tend-er-foots) (NAmE, informal) a person who is new to sth and not experienced 新初学者 H771 GREENHORN

.tender-'hearted adj. having a kind and gentle nature 善良的；i心肠软的；有，隐之心的 ten-der-ize (BrE also -ise) /'tendaraiz/ verb [VN] to make meat softer and easier to cut and eat by preparing it in a particular way使（肉）变嫩；.使（肉）秦软 ten-der-loin /'tendalain; NAmE -darl-/ noun [u] good quality meat from the back or side of a cow or pig (牛、猪的）里脊肉，嫩腰肉

ten-don /'tendan/ noun a strong band of tissue in the body that joins a muscle to a bone 腱 ten-dril /'tendral/ noun 1 a thin curling stem that grows from a climbing plant. A plant uses tendrils to attach itself to a wall or other support.(攀缘植物的） 卷须 2 (//ferary) a thin curling piece of sth such as hair 卷须状物（如鬈发）

tene-ment /'tenamant/ noun a large building divided into flats/apartments, especially in a poor area of a city

(尤指城市贫困区的）经挤公寓，廉租公寓：a tenement bZocfc经济住宅街区

tenet /'tenit/ noun {formal) one of the principles or beliefs that a theory or larger set of beliefs is based on :原则；信条；教义：⑽e 〇/沩e bcwi</centra〖 ten«te 〇/ Christian办基督教的基本/.主要信条之一. ten-fold /'tenfauld; NAmE-fould/ adj., adv. c> -fold .ten-gallon 'hat noun a large hat with a broad brim, traditionally worn by cowboys 高顶宽边帽（传统牛 仔帽）

ten-ner /'ten0(r)/ noun {BrE, informal) £io or a ten- pound note 十矣镑;■ f 英镑办票：can Ziave ft/or a termer.如出十矣镑，这鈇归你了。 ten-nis /'terns/ (also formal ,lawn 'tenriis) not/n [u] a game in which two or four players use rackets to hit a ball backwards and forwards across a net on a specially marked court 网球：to_ pZay tennis ■打网球◊ a tennis ptoyer/tourmiment/c[wb/court 网球运 & M / 锦标赛 / 俱乐$/场

.tennis 'elbow /?ot/n [u] painful swelling of the elbow caused by too much repeated twisting of the arm.网球 肘（j&膊经常扭动引起的肘部肿痛）

'tennis racket (also 'tennis rac-quet) noun the racket that you use when you play tennis 网球拍 'tennis shoe [NAmE also ath'letic shoe) noun a sports shoe that is made of strong, cotton cloth or leathei■网 球鞋

tenon /'tenan/ noun {technical an end of a piece of wood that has been cut to fit into a mortise sq that the two are held together 雄榫；凸榫；榫舌 'tenon saw noun a saw used for making small accurate cuts榫据

tenor /'tena(r)/ noun, adj.

■                  noun 1 [C] a man’s singing voice with a range just below the lowest woman’s voice; a man with a tenor voice男高音；男高音歌丰一compare MTO /r⑴,bari­tone^), bass1 n. (2) 2 tsing.] a musical part written for a tenor voice 男高音部 3 [sing.] the 〜of sth (/o/vrjfl/) the general character or meaning of sth 大意；要■旨； 要领：I was encouraged by the general tenor of his remarks.他话中的要点使我深受鼓舞。

■                  adj. [only before noun] (of a musical instrument ^ with a range of notes similar to that of a tenor voice 次 中音的：a tenor sajcophone次中音萨克斯管一compare alto adj., soprano adj., bass1 adj.

,ten 'pence (also ,ten pence piece, 10p /.ten 'pi:/) /7〇w/? a British coin wortli ten pence 十便士硬吊：Have you got a ten pence piece?你有一枚十运士的5至币吗？ ten-pin /'tenpin/ noun 1 [C] any of the ten bottle-shaped objects that players try to knock over in the game of TENPIN BOWLING (十柱保龄球戏中的）瓶形滚柱，.木瓶 2 ten-pins [U] {NAmE) = tenpin bowling .tenpin 'bowling [NAmE also ten-pins) noun[V] a game in which players try to knock over tenpins by rolling a heavy ball at them, played indoors, especially in a bowling, alley 十柱保龄邊戏 _ compare skittle(2) tense /tens/ adj., noun, verb

■                  adj. 1 (of a person A,) nervous or worried, and unable

to relax神经紧张的；担心的；不能松弛的：He’s a very tense person.他是个神经非常紧张的人。◊ She sounded tense and angry.她的声音听•起来又气又急。2 (of a situ­ation， an event, a period of time, etc. 形每 、事件 、时期 等）in which people have strong feelings such as worry, anger, etc. that often cannot be expressed openly 令入 紧张的（或焦虑的、满腹愤懑的等）：Ispent a teme/ew weefcs waiting/or the resists 〇/the tests, i等候测试结桌的 痒几个星期里我寝食不安。❖ The atmosphere in the meeting vrns getting more and more tense.会议的气氛越 来越紧张。3 (of a muscle or other part of the body 肌 南或##刼位)tight rather than relaxed绷紧的；不也 的：A massage wiH rekuc those tense musdes.按摩会使 紧张的肌肉松弛。4 (of wire, etc.金属丝等）stretched tightly 拉紧的；绷紧的 H7?l taut 5    语音)(of

a speech sound 语音）produced with the muscles of the speech organs stretciied tight 紧的；紧张音的 r*TiJ3 lax ► tense-ly adv. tense-ness noun [U]

■                  noun (grammar any of the forms of a verb that may be used to show the time of the action or state

.expressed by the verb (动词的）时，时态：the post/ present//iuture tense 过去 / 现在 / 将# 时态