Incline

(verb.) feel favorably disposed or willing; 'She inclines to the view that people should be allowed to expres their religious beliefs'.

(verb.) lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow; 'She inclined her head to the student'.

(verb.) bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well; 'He inclined his ear to the wise old man'.

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• But when he begins to put on a long face, and snuffle, and quote Scripture, I incline to think he isn't much better than he should be. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Sir, it was only natural that she should incline towards him, for he had many and great advantages. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• A stationary engine was erected at the top of the incline, and the waggons were drawn up by a rope wound round a large drum. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• What are called Revisionists in German Socialism incline in the same direction. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It conforms to the downward curve of the latter, but the rail work begins at the top of the incline and extends back to the newel post at the bowler’s end of the alley. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Select a smooth board 4 feet long and prop it so that the end _A_ (Fig. 104) is 1 foot above the level of the table; the length of the incline is then 4 times as great as its height. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The problem of the incline is an important one to engineers who have under their direction the construction of our highways and the laying of our railroad tracks. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Throwing these into distance, rose, in the foreground, a head,--a colossal head, inclined towards the iceberg, and resting against it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Farther and farther toward the ground they inclined, and still there was no sound save the deep and awesome moaning of the wind. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Looking upwards, a furze-cutter would have been inclined to continue work; looking down, he would have decided to finish his faggot and go home. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• To show the others he built a straight inclined plane with a groove down its centre. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• He ascends to the top of a precipice by walking up the sloping hill behind, and he thus becomes practically acquainted with the principle of the _inclined plane_. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• I am inclined to think that the percentage of crooked people was smaller when I was young. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• She inclined her head, and swept round so that her eyes rested in the misty vale beneath them. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• She examined Caroline seriously, inclining her head a little to one side, with a thoughtful air. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Theer's been kiender a blessing fell upon us,' said Mr. Peggotty, reverentially inclining his head, 'and we've done nowt but prosper. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• You will be glad to hear (inclining his head, and whispering seriously) that my uncle means to give her all my aunt's jewels. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Here he said, with a wild smile, inclining his head towards the chamber in which Eustacia lay, She is the second woman I have killed this year. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• No, no,' replied the matron, inclining her head to catch the words, as they came more faintly from the dying woman. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• A great difference inclines us to produce a distance. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• The young man inclines his head in acknowledgment of the precepts of experience. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• If the companion moves his head in order to avoid the reflected beam, his tormentor moves or inclines the mirror and flashes the beam back to his victim's face. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The weight of opinion inclines now towards the idea of some primordial connection of these two groups. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• And what inclines one less to bear, she has no fair pretence of family or blood. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Mr. Tulkinghorn inclines his head. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• This was done about the year 1808; and, in the first instance, the application of steam power was limited to drawing the loaded waggons up steep inclines. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.

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