Fatness tends to run in families.

肥胖往往有遗传性。

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He tends to act on impulse.

他往往凭一时冲动行事。

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She tends to annoy people.

她的举止往往惹人烦。

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"Typically the real estate sector leads the economy in a recovery, meaning that it tends to pick up before some other things.

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So the sense that one actually is pretty adept in knowing is one that tends to predominate in the university.

因此在大学中，认为自己了解很多,这种心态颇为流行。

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It's also more spread out than New York. In New York, everything tends to be closer together and we build up.

它比纽约更为伸展。在纽约，所有的一切都密密麻麻，高楼迭起。

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For example, when spouses work together in a business, it tends to dominate their personal life.

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But we also know that the rate of marriage among white women tends to be greater.

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This seems to be the point, though, as the Oak Room tends to draw decidedly upscale clientele.

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