inclination

英 [ˌɪnklɪˈneɪʃn]

美 [ˌɪnklɪˈneɪʃn]

n.  倾向; 意愿; 趋向; 趋势; 倾斜度

复数：inclinations　

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同义词辨析

biasaptitudebentfavourinclinationpreferenceprejudice【导航词义：偏爱，偏向】

牛津词典

noun

• 倾向；意愿
  a feeling that makes you want to do sth
  1. He did not show the slightest inclination to leave.
     他丝毫没有表现出要离开的意思。
  2. My natural inclination is to find a compromise.
     我生性易于妥协。
  3. She lacked any inclination for housework.
     她一点都没有兴趣做家务。
  4. He was a loner by nature and by inclination .
     他天性不喜交际，且自己也无意于此。
  5. She had neither the time nor the inclination to help them.
     她既没有时间也不愿意帮助他们。
  6. You must follow your own inclinations when choosing a career.
     你必须按照自己的意愿选择职业。
• 趋向；趋势
  a tendency to do sth
  1. There is an inclination to treat geography as a less important subject.
     有一种趋向认为地理是一门次要的学科。
• 倾斜度
  a degree of sloping
  1. an inclination of 45˚
     45˚的倾斜度
  2. the angle of inclination
     倾角
• 向下的轻微动作；（通常指）点头
  a small downward movement, usually of the head

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 意向;倾向;爱好
  Aninclinationis a feeling that makes you want to act in a particular way.
  1. He had neither the time nor the inclination to think of other things...
     他没有时间也不愿意去考虑其他事情。
  2. She showed no inclination to go...
     她丝毫没有要走的意思。
  3. He set out to follow his artistic inclinations.
     他开始追求自己的艺术爱好。

英英释义

noun

• the act of inclining
  1. an inclination of his head indicated his agreement
  Synonym:inclining
• a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
  1. the alkaline inclination of the local waters
  2. fabric with a tendency to shrink
  Synonym:tendency
• the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
  1. the tower had a pronounced tilt
  2. the ship developed a list to starboard
  3. he walked with a heavy inclination to the right
  Synonym:tiltlistleanleaning
• an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
  1. he had an inclination to give up too easily
  2. a tendency to be too strict
  Synonym:dispositiontendency
• that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking
  1. her inclination is for classical music
• (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis)
  Synonym:angle of inclination
• (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees
  Synonym:inclination of an orbit
• (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
  Synonym:dipangle of dipmagnetic dipmagnetic inclination

双语例句

• Goodness I call the habit, and goodness of nature the inclination.
  爱人的习惯我叫做善，其天然的倾向则叫做性善。
• There is always a certain inclination in a ship's deck.
  船的甲板总有几分斜度。
• I know it's not your inclination but.
  我知道那不是你的爱好，但是。
• Much against my inclination, I was persuaded to leave Wuthering Heights and accompany her here.
  我很勉强地被劝说离开了呼啸山庄，陪她到这儿来了。
• The measurement of the inclination angle and the azimuth angle of a well in the drilling process is important.
  钻探过程中钻井的倾斜角和方位角的测量至关重要。
• Their inclination to wait and demand more resources desolated President Lincoln.
  他们总是等待并要求得到更多资财的倾向让林肯总统甚感不快。
• This inclination suggests how deeply rooted the orienting response is.
  这种倾向显示了人类的导向反应是多麽根深柢固。
• She was married& married against her inclination to my brother.
  她结婚了&违反她本人的意志和我哥哥结婚了。
• The combination offers great strength of will and an inclination to dig hard and deep into your interests.
  这结合给予了强大的意志力，发掘及深入研究你兴趣的倾向。
• They would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield.
  他们不会再希望在战场上兵戎相见了。