inclination
英[?nkl?'ne??(?)n]
美['?nkl?'ne??n]
- n. 傾向，愛(ài)好；斜坡
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?inclinations;
英文詞源
- inclination (n.)
- "condition of being mentally disposed" (to do something), late 14c., from Middle French inclination (14c.) and directly from Latin inclinationem (nominative inclinatio) "a leaning, bending," figuratively "tendency, bias, favor," noun of action from past participle stem of inclinare (see incline). Meaning "action of bending toward" (something) is from early 15c. That of "amount of a slope" is from 1799.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Their inclination to wait and demand more resources desolated President Lincoln.
- 他們總是等待并要求得到更多資財(cái)?shù)膬A向讓林肯總統(tǒng)甚感不快。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. He did not show the slightest inclination to leave.
- 他絲毫沒(méi)有表現(xiàn)出要離開(kāi)的意思。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. He is a teacher by occupation but a philosopher by inclination.
- 他的職業(yè)是教師,但他的本心是成為哲學(xué)家.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. She greeted us with a slight inclination of the head.
- 她微微點(diǎn)頭向我們致意.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. I did not feel the slightest inclination to hurry.
- 我沒(méi)有絲毫著急的意思.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》