单词	inclination
释义	inclinationin‧cli‧na‧tion /ˌɪŋkləˈneɪʃən/ ●○○ AWL noun Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a 62-degree inclination EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Diana's inevitable inclination was to imitate Sarah. For Suzuki adherents, music is an inclination innate in all of us. Lettie purposely lingered behind Patrice, fighting off her natural inclination to simply ignore the woman and brush past her. She refused to let him drive, and she had no time - no inclination? - for making love with him. She showed no inclination whatsoever to go forward. The region's natural inclination, like that of a bicycle, is to be unstable. With an inclination to believe in archetypes of goodness. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► natural inclination  My natural inclination was to say no. ► showed ... inclination  Neither of my children showed the slightest inclination to follow me into journalism. ► the time or the inclination  Teachers simply do not have the time or the inclination to investigate these matters. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► natural · It is a natural inclination and instinct to want our effort recognised and appreciated.· His natural inclination is to stay as close to the slope as possible, because it feels safer and more secure.· The region's natural inclination, like that of a bicycle, is to be unstable.· Lettie purposely lingered behind Patrice, fighting off her natural inclination to simply ignore the woman and brush past her.· Though her natural inclination was to turn round and zoom straight back again, Mildred could see that there was no escape.· The natural inclination is to increase the dosage to continue the benefits.· Cranmer's natural inclination was for compromise and mercy.· My natural inclination would be to accede to his motion. ► personal · Others will prefer a curriculum with no evident pattern beyond personal inclination or skills.· Depending upon the personal inclinations and training of the various individuals involved, all three courses were more or less pursued simultaneously.· Yet, again there is the contrast between personal inclinations and social norms. VERB► show · Picosso, who is also male, shows no such inclinations.· He adds that he wants to grow up, but then shows absolutely no inclination to do so.· This is not entirely the result of political control, since the privately owned press shows no greater inclination towards investigative journalism.· He claimed Stockton and Langbaurgh had shown no inclination to negotiate and only Middlesbrough had demonstrated any flexibility.· Neither of my children showed the merest inclination to follow me into journalism or television.· The landed nobility showed no inclination to build bridges with urban property-owners, let alone workers and peasants.· The coroner had not got where he was by thinking, and he showed no inclination to start on this occasion. Word family WORD FAMILYnouninclinationadjectiveinclinedverbincline 1[countable, uncountable] a feeling that makes you want to do something:  My natural inclination was to say no.inclination to do something Neither of my children showed the slightest inclination to follow me into journalism. Teachers simply do not have the time or the inclination to investigate these matters.2[countable, uncountable] a tendency to think or behave in a particular wayinclination to do something an inclination to see everything in political termsinclination to/towards She’s troubled by her son’s inclination toward atheism.by inclination Bart was a romantic by inclination.3[countable] a movement made down towards the ground:  She greeted Maggie with an inclination of the head.4[countable, uncountable] formal a slope, or the angle at which something slopes
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