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单词 disinclination
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Definition of disinclination in English:

disinclination

noun ˌdɪsɪnklɪˈneɪʃ(ə)ndɪsˌɪnklɪˈneɪʃən
  • A reluctance or lack of enthusiasm.

    Lucy felt a strong disinclination to talk about her engagement
    Example sentencesExamples
    • One strength of intellectual life is the disinclination to develop easy answers.
    • If this is true, then the natural disinclination to talk has gone too far.
    • Trying the cigarettes, which I did mainly to impress a girl, only confirmed the disinclination I felt in the first place.
    • Hounds that show a disinclination to kill are kicked or whipped as punishment, and may later be put down.
    • Another is a disinclination to use his ears where musical influence is concerned.
    • I don't mind, since I lack what some presume is a male disinclination to matters domestic.
    • As a consequence, many have shown a disinclination to embrace the president's program.
    • He could have been no one, just a stranger, just a classmate, just one of Eva's numerous ex-boyfriends, just a person who I had no particular inclination or disinclination for.
    • The weapons' effects should result in either physical inability or mental disinclination to resist.
    • There was a tendency to abuse freedom, and a disinclination to accept systems.
    • And yet she doesn't think that the disinclination towards marriage today has much to do with broken homes or no great love.
    • This was partly due to a growing disinclination to lock up convicted offenders, and partly to the decreasing ability of the police to clear up crimes.
    • His disinclination matters more in international arenas than in domestic politics.
    • The disinclination of the vendor to part with his land and the urgent necessity of the purchaser to buy must alike be disregarded.
    • She reports a disinclination to continue with her crafts and seems predisposed to a bit of lethargy.
    • Later their son was to display a similar disinclination to lengthy relationships.
    • When the mutated genes were inherited, the disinclination towards wealth exposure passed on.
    • But in him the disinclination runs particularly deep.
    • It is not just that there is a disinclination to believe what is put in front of us.
    • In politics there was little to commend a disinclination to cause offence.
    Synonyms
    reluctance, unwillingness, lack of enthusiasm, indisposition, slowness, hesitancy, hesitance, diffidence
    loathness, aversion, dislike, distaste
    objection, demur, resistance, opposition, recalcitrance
    archaic disrelish
    rare nolition, sweerness
 
 

Definition of disinclination in US English:

disinclination

noundisˌinkliˈnāSHəndɪsˌɪnklɪˈneɪʃən
  • A reluctance or lack of enthusiasm.

    Lucy felt a strong disinclination to talk about her engagement
    Example sentencesExamples
    • And yet she doesn't think that the disinclination towards marriage today has much to do with broken homes or no great love.
    • She reports a disinclination to continue with her crafts and seems predisposed to a bit of lethargy.
    • He could have been no one, just a stranger, just a classmate, just one of Eva's numerous ex-boyfriends, just a person who I had no particular inclination or disinclination for.
    • Trying the cigarettes, which I did mainly to impress a girl, only confirmed the disinclination I felt in the first place.
    • This was partly due to a growing disinclination to lock up convicted offenders, and partly to the decreasing ability of the police to clear up crimes.
    • Hounds that show a disinclination to kill are kicked or whipped as punishment, and may later be put down.
    • In politics there was little to commend a disinclination to cause offence.
    • I don't mind, since I lack what some presume is a male disinclination to matters domestic.
    • His disinclination matters more in international arenas than in domestic politics.
    • The disinclination of the vendor to part with his land and the urgent necessity of the purchaser to buy must alike be disregarded.
    • The weapons' effects should result in either physical inability or mental disinclination to resist.
    • If this is true, then the natural disinclination to talk has gone too far.
    • One strength of intellectual life is the disinclination to develop easy answers.
    • Another is a disinclination to use his ears where musical influence is concerned.
    • Later their son was to display a similar disinclination to lengthy relationships.
    • When the mutated genes were inherited, the disinclination towards wealth exposure passed on.
    • It is not just that there is a disinclination to believe what is put in front of us.
    • As a consequence, many have shown a disinclination to embrace the president's program.
    • But in him the disinclination runs particularly deep.
    • There was a tendency to abuse freedom, and a disinclination to accept systems.
    Synonyms
    reluctance, unwillingness, lack of enthusiasm, indisposition, slowness, hesitancy, hesitance, diffidence
 
 
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