名詞 inclination:

1. an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
   同義詞：disposition, tendency
2. (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees
   同義詞：inclination of an orbit
3. (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis)
   同義詞：angle of inclination
4. (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
   同義詞：dip, angle of dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination
5. that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking
6. the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
   同義詞：tilt, list, lean, leaning
7. a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
   同義詞：tendency
8. the act of inclining; bending forward
   同義詞：inclining

1. I have little inclination to listen to you all evening.
   我可不愿意一晚上都聽你說(shuō)話。
2. He has an inclination to stoutness/to be fat.
   他有發(fā)福[發(fā)胖]的趨勢(shì)。
3. The car has an inclination to stall on cold mornings.
   這輛汽車天冷時(shí)早晨常常熄火。
4. She is not free to follow her own inclination in the matter ofmarriage.
   她的婚姻不能自主。
5. You always follow your own inclination instead of thinking of our feelings.
   你總是隨心所欲而不考慮我們的情感。

in.cli.na.tion

n.（名詞）
The act of inclining or the state of being inclined; a bend or tilt:
傾斜；俯首：傾斜的動(dòng)作或狀態(tài)；彎腰或點(diǎn)頭：
例句：
The inclination of the child`s head suggested sleep.
孩子傾斜的頭表明他困了

A deviation or the degree of deviation from the horizontal or vertical; a slant:
傾度；傾角：從水平面或垂直面上傾斜或傾斜度；斜坡：
例句：
the steep inclination of a roof.
斜而陡的屋頂

An inclined surface; a slope.
斜面；斜坡
A tendency toward a certain condition or character:
傾向：某種情況或特性的傾向：
例句：
the alkaline inclination of the local waters.
地方水土的堿性傾向

A characteristic disposition to do, prefer, or favor one thing rather than another; a propensity:
性向，愛好：去做、更喜愛或愛好某事更甚于另一事的特殊意向；一種傾向：
例句：
.I shall indulge the inclination so natural in old men, to be talking of themselves.(Benjamin Franklin)See Synonyms at tendency
.我將沉迷于老年人一種自然傾向，那就是不停地談?wù)撟约?(本杰明·富蘭克林)參見 tendency