The mere-exposure effect is a psychological phenomenon by which people tend to develop a preference for things merely because they are familiar with them.

Intelligent people tend to have less friends than the average person. The smarter you are, the more selective you become.

聪明的人会比普通人朋友少，你越聪明，就越挑剔。

Some people tend to forget things when they're old. But not my granddad!

（有些人年纪大了容易忘事。但我姥爷可不是这样！）

People tend to breathe harder after drinking a beer.

喝完酒后人们往往呼吸更加剧烈。

Highly intelligent people tend to have a great sense of humor.

高智商的人往往都有很强的幽默感。

This reminded me that both in China and Britain, when something strange happens around you or when you are in an embarrassing situation, people tend to use this common way to not catch other people's attention.

这提醒我,无论是在中国还是在英国,当你身边发生了一些奇怪的事情,或者当你处于一个尴尬的境地时,人们都倾向于用这种普通的方式来吸引别人的注意力。

People tend to take pride in keeping everything in their street fresh and inviting ．

人们往往以让街道上的一切保持清新诱人而自豪。

That is, generally, younger people tend to outnumber older people on the front end of a technological shift.

也就是说，与年纪大的人相比，通常有更多的年轻人走在技术变革的前沿。

When asked straightforwardly, people tend to lie or shade the truth when the subject is sex, money or employment.

当被直截了当地问到性、金钱或就业问题时,人们往往会撒谎或隐瞒真相。

Successful people tend to be successful no matter where they go to school.

成功人士无论在哪里上学都会取得成功。

People tend to be more aggressive when they're young and more conservative as they get older

人们年轻的时候往往较为激进，而随着年龄的增长会变得保守起来。

When faced with risk, people tend to fall back to patterns that are guided by deeply rooted beliefs as well as by the human physiological and neurological make-up, rather than cold-hearted analysis.

面对风险时，人们往往倾向于落入由根深蒂固的信念以及人类生理和神经组成所引导的思维模式中，而没有静下心来仔细分析。

One of the analysis's limitations was that it relied on self-reporting, as people tend to underestimate how much sitting they do, Dr. Katzmarzyk said.

卡兹马兹克说，该项分析的局限之一就是完全依赖自我报告，而人们往往倾向于低估自己坐着的时间。

He tends to use a lot of slang expressions that I've never heard before.

他往往用许多我以前从未听说过的俚语。

He tends to overstep the boundaries of good taste.

他往往文雅过度而流于庸俗。

He tends to thrust himself forward too much.

他这个人太好强。

In most boardroom disputes he tends to come out on top.

在大多数董事会议的辩论中，他往往占据上风。

I tend to work in bursts.

我的工作劲头往往是一阵一阵的。

Schools are tending towards greater selectivity.

学校对新生的选拔有趋严之势。

She tends to play with men's emotions.

她总是玩弄男人的感情。

She tended to take her frustrations out on her family.

她心里不痛快总是在家里人身上发泄。