inclination

US [ˌɪnklɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n]
UK [ˌɪŋklɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n]
  • n.倾向；倾斜度；趋向；意愿
  • Web倾角；爱好；斜坡
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inclination
n.
1.
[u][c]
倾向；意愿a feeling that makes you want to do sth
He did not show the slightest inclination to leave.
他丝毫没有表现出要离开的意思。
My natural inclination is to find a compromise.
我生性易于妥协。
She had neither the time nor the inclination to help them.
她既没有时间也不愿意帮助他们。
She lacked any inclination for housework.
她一点都没有兴趣做家务。
He was a loner by nature and by inclination .
他天性不喜交际，而且也无意于此。
You must follow your own inclinations when choosing a career.
你必须按照自己的意愿选择职业。
2.
[c]
~ to do sth
趋向；趋势a tendency to do sth
There is an inclination to treat geography as a less important subject.
有一种趋向认为地理是一门次要的学科。
3.
[c][ususing][u]
倾斜度a degree of sloping
an inclination of 45˚
45˚ 的倾斜度
the angle of inclination
倾角
4.
[c]
向下的轻微动作；（通常指）点头a small downward movement, usually of the head

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1.
When sales slump due to a slow economy, a business owner's first inclination is often to cut the marketing budget.
在经济萧条的时候，各个行业的公司主管通常最倾向于削减市场宣传方面的预算。
zài jīng jì xiāo tiáo de shí hou , gè gè háng yè de gōng sī zhǔ guǎn tōng cháng zuì qīng xiàng yú xuē jiǎn shì chǎng xuān chuán fāng miàn de yù suàn 。
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2.
On the condition of a larger pipe inclination angle, the distribution of liquid slug lengths was more concentrated in a smaller range.
在管线下倾角较大的情况下，液塞长度分布集中在较小的范围内。
zài guǎn xiàn xià qīng jiǎo jiào dà de qíng kuàng xià , yè sài cháng dù fēn bù jí zhōng zài jiào xiǎo de fàn wéi nèi 。
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3.
A. She's making her mind up. She hasn't signed on the bottom line. But her inclination is, she likes to do things with her hands.
她正在作出决定。她还没有最终签定。但是她倾向于此，她喜欢用双手来做事情。
tā zhèng zài zuò chū jué dìng 。 tā hái méi yǒu zuì zhōng qiān dìng 。 dàn shì tā qīng xiàng yú cǐ , tā xǐ huan yòng shuāng shǒu lái zuò shì qíng 。
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4.
At the age of 20, wearing a jeans jumper, I moved about on campus, my face blushing the moment I had the inclination to make an utterance.
20岁的时候，穿着一条背心式牛仔裙在校园里走来走去，一说话就脸红。
èr shí suì de shí hou , chuān zhe yī tiáo bèi xīn shì niú zǎi qún zài xiào yuán lǐ zǒu lái zǒu qù , yī shuō huà jiù liǎn hóng 。
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5.
He took his knife and fork, and was going to commence eating, when the inclination appeared to become suddenly extinct.
他拿起他的刀叉，正要开始吃，忽然又转念了。
tā ná qǐ tā de dāo chā , zhèng yào kāi shǐ chī , hū rán yòu zhuǎn niàn le 。
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6.
This is because the driving front wheels are trying to go around the steering axis inclination pivot point with a negative scrub radius.
这是因为驾驶前轮正试图去左右督导轴倾角支点与负面的磨砂半径。
zhè shì yīn wèi jià shǐ qián lún zhèng shì tú qù zuǒ yòu dū dǎo zhóu qīng jiǎo zhī diǎn yǔ fù miàn de mó shā bàn jìng 。
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She has come between me and my inclination, and now that she finds herself rightly punished she gets you to plead for her!
她曾把我的心愿给我阻挠了，现在活该她受罪，却又找了你来替她辩护，是不是！
tā céng bǎ wǒ de xīn yuàn gěi wǒ zǔ náo le , xiàn zài huó gāi tā shòu zuì , què yòu zhǎo le nǐ lái tì tā biàn hù , shì bu shì !
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8.
Transparency is not just a natural inclination but a necessity, says Mitchell Baker, who chairs the foundation.
基金会主席MitchellBaker称Mozilla的透明化不仅仅是其自身发展趋向，更是生存的必要条件。
jī jīn huì zhǔ xí MitchellBaker chēng Mozilla de tòu míng huà bù jǐn jǐn shì qí zì shēn fā zhǎn qū xiàng , gèng shì shēng cún de bì yào tiáo jiàn 。
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9.
An inclination, as if in response to a summons, to undertake a certain kind of work, especially a religious career; a calling.
神召，天命担负起某种工作，尤指宗教事业的一种倾向，如同响应神召一样；呼唤。
shén zhào , tiān mìng dān fù qǐ mǒu zhǒng gōng zuò , yóu zhǐ zōng jiào shì yè de yī zhǒng qīng xiàng , rú tóng xiǎng yìng shén zhào yí yàng ; hū huàn 。
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10.
Shortly afterwards, Sir Thomas was again interfering a little with her inclination, by advising her to go immediately to bed.
过了不久，托马斯爵士又对她进行一次小小的干涉。他建议她立即去睡。
guò le bù jiǔ , tuō mǎ sī jué shì yòu duì tā jìn xíng yī cì xiǎo xiǎo de gān shè 。 tā jiàn yì tā lì jí qù shuì 。