喜樂美語

Picture something leaning. A ramp tips away from flat; a roof runs down at an angle; a tower leans off straight. That is inclined at its plainest. English then puts a person where the object was: if a body can lean towards something, so can a mind. A mind leaning towards one answer is inclined to agree. A mind leaning towards one way of behaving is inclined to be late. A mind leaning only slightly towards getting out of bed is not inclined to get up yet. And a mind that leans towards music all its life is musically inclined. In every one of these the lean is partial. It is a tilt, not a fall, and that is why inclined always sounds softer and more careful than want, will, or always.

「inclined」可以想成一個「往一邊傾」的畫面。坡道從平面倒下去，屋頂斜著往下走，塔樓偏離了垂直。這是它最實在的樣子。接著英文把人放進物體的位置：身體能往一邊傾，心當然也可以。心往某個答案傾過去，就是 inclined to agree。行為長期往某一邊傾，就是 inclined to be late。早上只稍微往「起床」那邊傾一點點，就是 not inclined to get up yet。一輩子往音樂那邊傾，就是 musically inclined。重點是：每一種都只是「傾」，不是倒下去。所以這個字聽起來永遠比 want、will、always 來得輕、來得客氣。

From the word’s history

The Wiktionary etymology tree for inclined runs back through Latin clīnō, to lean, with Latin in- meaning towards. So the oldest picture really is leaning towards something, which is still the picture every modern use sits on.

Wiktionary 給 inclined 的詞源樹一路回到拉丁文 clīnō（傾斜、靠過去），前面加上 in-（朝著）。也就是說，最早的畫面就是「朝某個方向靠過去」，而今天每一個用法都還踩在這個畫面上。

Wiktionary, 'inclined' (adj.): etymology tree listing Latin clīnō (via Proto-Italic *klei- ~ *kli-, PIE *ḱley-) together with Latin in- — supplied in evidence packet, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:977287480

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

同家族的字

比較級 more inclined最高級 most inclined

意思相近

slopingslantedtiltedleaningangledlikely totend toapt toprone toliable togiftedtalented+10

用法接近

steepgradientramptypicallyhabituallykeen onnaturalsuited toprobablyon balancetentativelytempted+1

意思相反

flatlevelhorizontaluprightunlikely toreluctant tobe certainbe convincedreluctantunwillingdisinclined

原始詞典資料3 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。

inclinedadj/ɪnˈklaɪnd/

  • 1

    At an angle to the horizontal; slanted or sloped.

    • The take-off ramp was inclined at 20 degrees.
  • 2

    Having a tendency, preference, likelihood, or disposition.

    • I am inclined to believe you.
    • She's inclined to lose her temper.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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。