to hasten; to hurry; to walk fast; to approach; to tend towards; to converge

(increasing) day by day; (more critical) with every passing day; gradually

to become more and more; to gradually become

increasingly; more and more

to tend towards

(of economic activity, international relations etc) to cool

driving force

to converge

direction; trend; to incline

to fawn on; to kiss up to

(literary) to follow current trends; to conform to the fashion of the times

to slow down; to ease up; to abate; slowdown; downturn

to approach (a numerical value); to converge to a limit (in calculus); convergence

to ingratiate oneself

see 亦步亦趨|亦步亦趋[yi4 bu4 yi4 qu1]

an upturn; an upward trend

upward trend; tendency to increase

to blindly follow suit (idiom); to imitate slavishly; to do what everyone else is doing

(idiom) the prevailing trend; the trend of the times; an inevitable direction

more critical with every passing day

to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable; an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase

(idiom) to make the most of the benefits while avoiding adverse effects

chemotaxis (movement of leukocytes under chemical stimulus)

to seek luck and avoid calamity (idiom)

(biology) convergent evolution

to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power; social climbing