词汇 | counter-trend-to |
释义 | counter-trend to something collocation (alsocountertrend to something) a trend (= a general change or development) that is opposite to an existing trend: Regionalization is a counter-trend to globalization. By moving to Ireland, the family was following a counter-trend to the general trend. "For Sale" signs in many areas reveal a distressing countertrend to the home-ownership boom. See counter-trend There does not appear to be any counter-trend to the growth of professionalization. They want to establish a counter-trend to the general tendency to give up regional ways of speaking in favour of non-regionalized ones. This acquisition signals a countertrend to that exhibited by most corporations buying up companies in foreign markets. Lifestyles & their study anthropogenic anthropological anthropologically anthropologist anthropology cultural critic cultural criticism cultural diffusion cultural ecology cultural geography ethnologically ethnologist ethnology hermetic socioculturally sub-trend superorganic the global village trend vegetate |
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