There is some inherited tendency to develop type 1 diabetes, but it is only a tendency, and actually most people (90%) who develop this disease do not have close relatives with it.

1型糖尿病有些遗传倾向，但它只是一种倾向，实际上大多数得这个病的人(90%)近亲中并没有得糖尿病的。

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So this could be summarized as the law of effect, which is a tendency to perform an action's increased if rewarded, weakened if it's not.

这种行为上的变化被称之为效果律，也就是说，行为倾向随奖励而增加，随惩罚而减少。

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"There is a universal tendency with HIV, " says Hagen, to try to say, " 'This is something that will affect someone else and not me.'

“现在对于艾滋病毒的看法有一种普遍的趋势，”Hagen说，这种趋势设法认为“艾滋是一种会感染其他人而不是我的病毒。

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For example, as in the rest of the ancient world, slavery existed in Israel. It did. Even so, and this is not to apologize for it, there is a tendency toward humanitarianism in the laws concerning slavery.

例如，就像远古世界的其它地方一样，奴隶制也存在于,以色列，即使这样，也不必为此感到抱歉，在有关,奴隶制的法律里都有一种人道主义倾向。

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The problem that might exist with it is that it will have a tendency to homogenize education, but this issue is not new.

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According to the study, this tendency to be swayed by outside moods is not just an incidental curiosity but can systematically distort rational decisions.

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Exactly what will trigger this move is not known just now, but markets often have a tendency to interpret even good news as bad because most of the good news is already discounted.

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