incline

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n. 倾斜, 斜坡, 斜面 vt. 使倾向于, 使倾斜 vi. 倾向, 倾斜, 爱好, 易于

发音

US
其它 /ɪnˈklaɪn/
其它 /ˈɪn.klaɪn/

词形变化

inclines 复数 inclines inclin'd inclined inclines 三单 inclinest inclineth inclining inclining 现在分词 inclined 过去式 inclined 过去分词

别名

encline

教材释义与例句

名词

倾斜；斜面；斜坡

动词

使倾斜；使倾向于

动词

倾斜；倾向；易于

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A slope.

    To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline.

  2. 2.

    A portal of a subway tunnel.

    the Pleasant Street Incline

v.
  1. 1.

    To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.

    及物

    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. 2.

    To slope.

    不及物

    Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline.

  3. 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.

    不及物

    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.

    The terp farmer made use of the plough, as is shown by the discovery of three ploughshares and four coulters. […] Those who inclined to the stock-breeding theory based their arguments on the absence of ploughs, […].

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

side ramp slope

上位词 2

formation inclined plane

下位词 10

fall bank raise rise coast climb cant decline descent upgrade

整体词 1

elevation
动词

同义词 7

run pitch tend lean dispose slope begiven

上位词 10

be feel listen hear experience lower shape tip influence angle

下位词 8

fall suffer climb dip stoop ascend predispose gravitate

相关短语

Incline Village incline lift incline lifts incline elevator incline elevators inclined elevator

词源

From Middle English enclinen, from Old French encliner (modern incliner), from Latin inclīnō (“incline, tilt”), from in- + clīnō (compare -cline), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (English lean).

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