incline
incline 英 [ɪnˈklaɪn] 美 [ɪnˈklaɪn]
v. 倾斜；倾向 n. 斜面；斜坡
进行时:inclining 过去式:inclined 过去分词:inclined 第三人称单数:inclines 名词复数:inclines
- Something that slopes — that is, something that deviates from the straight horizontal or vertical — can be called an incline. If you like to walk up and down hills, you enjoy walking on inclines.
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- v. 倾斜；倾向
- n. 斜面；斜坡
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1. I incline to the view that we should take no action at this stage.
我倾向于认为我们在这个阶段不应采取行动。
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2. The government is more effective than we incline to think.
政府的效率比我们所惯常以为的要高。
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3. Lack of money inclines many young people towards crime.
缺钱使很多年轻人产生了犯罪倾向。
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4. The land inclined gently towards the shore.
地面缓缓向海岸倾斜。
- incline (n.) c. 1600, "mental tendency," from incline (v.). The literal meaning "slant, slope" is attested from 1846 in railroading.
- incline (v.) in early use also encline, c. 1300, "to bend or bow toward," from Old French encliner "to lean, bend, bow down," from Latin inclinare "to cause to lean; bend, incline, turn, divert," from in- "into, in, on, upon" (from PIE root *en "in") + clinare "to bend," from PIE *klein-, suffixed form of root *klei- "to lean." Metaphoric sense of "have a mental disposition toward" is early 15c. in English (but existed in classical Latin). Related: Inclined; inclining.
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