The president tended to regard the Church as an anachronism.

总统倾向认为教会不合时宜。

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He tended to dominate the conversation.

他往往左右着交谈的内容。

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However, traders tended to discount the rumour.

但是，商人们倾向于不理会这个传闻。

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Previously,however, they tended to protest against what they saw as an infringement on their socio-economic rights.

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The optimates, meaning "the best," tended to support the interests of the wealthy senators and the few wealthiest families.

贵族派，是指精英“,主张保护元老院议员的利益,以及少数富裕家庭。

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Apparently,the texts that were the most popular over a bigger geographical space tended to be the ones that got in.

很明显，在较大的地域上,最受欢迎的书籍通常都会被选上。

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Because they are more expansive, people tended to leave them in the refrigerator longer.

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They renovated churches, tended to lepers, performed manual labor for farmers and artisans, preached, and prayed.

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The forces of liftoff tended to pull the cans apart slightly where they joined.

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