Inclination



GRE TOEFL

解释

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• n. 斜坡; 爱好
• ［英］ n. 斜坡 ( an inclined surface) ; 爱好 ( a liking or preference)
• ［记］ in ( 内向) +clin ( 倾斜) +ation -> 倾向于自己 -> 癖好
• ［同］ 同根词: decline ( 衰退, 下降)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. obsolete natural disposition ; character
  • b. a particular disposition of mind or character ; propensity; especially liking <had little inclination for housekeeping>
• 2. an act or the action of bending or inclining: as
  • a. bow, nod
  • b. a tilting of something
• 3.
  • a. a deviation from the true vertical or horizontal ; slant; also the degree of such deviation
  • b. an inclined surface ; slope
  • c.
    • (1) the angle determined by two lines or planes
    • (2) the angle made by a line with the x-axis measured counterclockwise from the positive direction of that axis
• 4. a tendency to a particular aspect, state, character, or action <the clutch has an inclination to slip>
• ? inclinational adjective

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