A general trend can be recognized, but the details are usually unpredictable.

一般的趋势是可以识别的，但是细节通常是不可预测的。

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This is a general trend in international football at the moment.

这是现代国际足球的大趋势。

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The way Mr Zeng sells his work is illustrative of a general trend.

曾先生作品的销售方式说明了一个大趋势。

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The Director General of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers,Dilip Chenoy, hopes the positive trend will drive a recovery in the auto sector.

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And also in a row three, yeah, we're generally increasing, there's some glitches here, but the general trend holds true.

另外对于第三行，也对，我们大体上是在升高的，只是这里有些小偏差，但是总体规律是正确的。

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In fairness to Zuckerberg, he was pointing out a general trend and probably meant no disrespect.

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This follows a general trend on the Internet market, where strong established media brands buy up successful Internet upstarts.

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Beyond education, notes the Times, there has been a general trend for larger companies to split their operations.

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