tendentious
英 [ten'denʃəs]
美 [tɛn'dɛnʃəs]
GRE
1. tend-: stretch. => tend-: stretch to a certain direction, move to a certain direction, move in a certain direction(引申义).
2. tend- + -ent + -ious(复合后缀：-y, -ous).
3. 由此引申义：趋向、倾向、癖好。
- tendentious (adj.)
- "having a definite purpose," 1871, formed after or from German tendenziös, from Tendenz "tendency," from Medieval Latin tendentia (see tendency).
- 1. His analysis was rooted in a somewhat tendentious reading of French history.
- 他的分析源于对法国历史带有一定偏见的解读。
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- 2. Such tendentious statements are likely to provoke strong opposition.
- 这种有倾向性的说法可能招致强烈的反对.
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- 3. She made a tendentious speech.
- 她发表了有倾向性的讲话.
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- 4. Countries engaged in war send tendentious reports.
- 参战国送出宣传性的报告.
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