inclination
英 [ɪnklɪ'neɪʃ(ə)n]
美 ['ɪnklə'neʃən]
英語の語源
- inclination (n.)
- "condition of being mentally disposed" (to do something), late 14c., from Middle French inclination (14c.) and directly from Latin inclinationem (nominative inclinatio) "a leaning, bending," figuratively "tendency, bias, favor," noun of action from past participle stem of inclinare (see incline). Meaning "action of bending toward" (something) is from early 15c. That of "amount of a slope" is from 1799.
例文
- 1. Their inclination to wait and demand more resources desolated President Lincoln.
- 彼らは常に待っていて、より多くの資金を要求する傾向がリンカーン大統領を不快にさせた。
- 2.He did not show the slightest inclination to leave.
- 彼は離れる意思を全く示していない。
- 3.He is a teacher by occupation but a philosopher by inclination .
- 彼の職業は教師だが、彼の本心は哲学者になることだ。
- 4.She greeted us with a slight inclination of the head.
- 彼女は少しうなずいて私たちに挨拶した。
- 5.I did not feel the slightest inclination to hurry.
- 私は少しも焦るつもりはありません。
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