Psychologists have recently focused on the tendency to think about something other than the task one is doing.
心理学家最近关注的是，人们倾向于思考一些与自己正在做的任务无关的事情。
Moreover, the tendency for universities to monitor and shape student behaviour runs up against another characteristic of young adults: the response to being controlled by their elders.
此外，大学监督和塑造学生行为的趋势与年轻人的另一个特征相冲突:他们对被长辈控制时所作出的反应。
Another factor contributing to the tendency to deny the assumption of a fixed human nature was that the concept has so often been abused as a shield behind which the most inhuman acts are committed.
另一个促使人们倾向于否定本性难移假设的因素是，这一概念经常被滥用，被当作大多数不人道行为的挡箭牌。
When confronted with an uncomfortable set of facts, the tendency is often to double down on their current position rather than publicly admit to being wrong.
面对一系列令人不舒适的事实，人们往往更加坚持他们目前的立场，而不是公开承认自己是错的。
Further observation revealed the tendency of teachers to evaluate events rather than review the contributory factors in a considered manner by, in effect, standing outside the situation.
进一步的观察表明，实际上教师们倾向于站在情况外来评估事件，而不是以一种深思熟虑的方式来审视促成因素。
As the archaeologist Roger Cribb puts it, "The greater the degree of pastoralism, the stronger the tendency toward nomadism."
正如考古学家罗杰·克里布所说的：“畜牧化程度越深，游牧化生活的趋势就越大。”
Entropy is the tendency of things to disorder.
熵是指物体失序的趋势。
As a Western scientist, Nisbett actively resists the tendency to create dichotomies.
作为一个西方科学家，尼斯贝特积极地抗拒二分法的趋势。
For another, the tendency of being lazy must be eradicated from the mind of the young.
另一方面，要把懒惰的思想从青少年的思想中根除。
On the whole, the tendency towards worsening environmental pollution has been arrested.
总的来说，环境污染加剧的情况得到了一些控制。
Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the tendency to miss lunch.
使用电脑时忘记时间的人都知道玩电脑很容易吃不上午饭。
This is the tendency for water to pass through a membrane separating a weak solution from a strong one.
渗透是一种水通过膜的运动趋势，膜的两面分别是浓溶液和稀溶液。
This much is certain: the tendency is upward with the march of civilization, toward a higher velocity.
有一点非常确定：随着文明的进步，流通速度将保持上升的趋势。
But we don't think it is an accident that the tendency to collect is both for objects and for memories.
我们不认为同时汇集具体对象和记忆信息的倾向是一种偶然。
She said she thought he was "balancing the tendency to be always the observer" with "how to effect change."
她在日记中说，她以为他是在平衡“观察者的倾向”和“如何做出改变”之间的关系。
This phenomenon is known as "recency bias", the tendency to be excessively affected by the pattern of recent data.
这一现象被认为是“近因效应”(或近期偏差)，即一种受近期数据模式过度影响的趋势。
In psychology, the tendency to believe this is how the real world actually works is called the Just-World Fallacy.
在心理学中，把相信这就是世界真实的倾向叫做“公正世界信念”。
Perhaps because human beings have the tendency to forget that they are ultimately responsible for their own lives?
可能是因为人类倾向于忘记他们最终是要对他们自己的生命负责的？
There are instances when one must abandon the tendency for self-prevention in order to assist a person in grave danger.
存在这样的情况：为了帮助处于严重危险中的人，一个人必需抛弃自保的倾向。
When researchers look for malware and attack vectors, the tendency is to look for vulnerabilities in portals or code.
当研究人员寻找恶意软件和攻击的载体时，他们往往会寻找接口或代码中的漏洞。
Frame dependence is a concept that refers to the tendency to change risk tolerance based on the direction of the market.
框架依赖这一概念指出风险承受力是随着市场变化趋势而改变的。
Keep this in mind as you select teams and avoid the tendency to have team members who think and act just like yourself.
记住，在你选择团队的时候，要避免让队员的思维和行为和你一样。
They hope that this in turn will reduce the tendency to develop overly complicated designs that are never fully implemented.
他们希望这样可以反过来杜绝某种趋势，那就是过度复杂地设计一些根本不会用到的功能。
Turban Sprawl (a very funny wordplay, combining a term describing the tendency of cities to spread out with an exotic headdress)
头巾大城 （TurbanSprawl）:一个非常有趣的文字游戏，将描述城市不断扩张的词（Sprawl）与异域风情的头巾相连
Of course he was making a joke, but the truth is that when the road gets too smooth, you have the tendency to become complacent.
当然，他是在开玩笑。但事实是，当走的太顺的时候，你就可能变得自满。
Mr Sarkozy's success was impressive given the recession, the tendency of French voters to punish incumbents and his own unpopularity.
经济不景、法国选举者有惩罚在位者的倾向以及萨科齐最近支持率偏低，在这样的背景下萨科齐本次成功更是令人印象深刻。
Mr Sarkozy's success was impressive given the recession, the tendency of French voters to punish incumbents and his own unpopularity.
经济不景、法国选举者有惩罚在位者的倾向以及萨科齐最近支持率偏低，在这样的背景下萨科齐本次成功更是令人印象深刻。
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