- 1傾向於；傾斜；（名詞）斜坡
As a verb, to incline means to lean or slope in a direction, or — more commonly — to be inclined to do something means you tend to do it or feel like doing it ("I'm inclined to agree with you"). As a noun, an incline is simply a slope, like a hill or ramp.
core核心畫面
組成in- ("toward") + Latin clinare ("to bend, lean").
同家族的字
- reclinesame Latin root clinare — recline means to lean back
- declinesame Latin root clinare — decline means to bend downward or say no
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
inclineverb/ɪnˈklaɪn/
- 1
To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
- He had to incline his body against the gusts to avoid being blown down in the storm.
- The people following the coffin inclined their heads in grief.
- 2
To slope.
- Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline.
- 3
To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.
- He inclines to believe anything he reads in the newspapers.
- I'm inclined to give up smoking after hearing of the risks to my health.
inclinenoun/ɪnˈklaɪn/
- 1
A slope.
- To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline.
- The incline can be altered to any grade so as to suit the weight of the door or gate to which the butt is attached.
- 2
A portal of a subway tunnel.
- the Pleasant Street Incline
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。