incline to/towards something
incline
noun[ C ]
 formaluk /ˈɪn.klaɪn/ us /ˈɪn.klaɪn/
a slope: 斜坡；斜面
a steep/gentle incline陡坡／缓坡

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Slanting, sloping, leaning, tilting
acclivity
angled
anteversion
anteverted
askew
gentleness
inclination
lean
lopsided
lopsidedly
lopsidedness
oblique
rake
skew
skew-whiff
slant
slanting
slantingly
steep
yaw

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incline | American Dictionary

incline
verb[ I/T ]
us/ɪnˈklɑɪn/
to lean down, or to place something with one part toward the ground and the opposite part raised:
[ T ]Marge inclined her head to whisper something to me.

inclined

adjectiveus/ɪnˈklɑɪnd, ˈɪn·klɑind/
an inclined roof/roadway/surface
incline
noun[ C ]
us/ˈɪn·klɑin/
a slope:
The road has a steep incline for the next ten miles.

Examples of incline

incline
Whatever one is inclined to think of (8b), then, under no circumstances would one reasonably think that both it and (8a) were true.
Influenced by medical opinion, which was inclined to view drunkenness as a temporary form of insanity, state officials insisted on normal burial.
Ultimately, the government simply had to hope that jurors would not be inclined to permit the defendant any significant definitional latitude.
In a state corporatist regime, the low status of private entrepreneurs inclines them to accept the authority of the government.
Price is inclined to a 'true believer' stance.
On inclined ground and subject to inertial and manipulation effects.
We find ourselves strongly inclined to think that (19) is true and (20) false - and non-trivially so.
On the surface, one is inclined to conclude that the mediums have no choice in the matter.
Our study suggests that categorical linguistic features are inclined to remain categorical in the idiolect.
Rather than inclining towards the object with a view of examining its properties, the sounds became forces influenced by the movements that cause them.
With the collective concert, the idea was to seek supplementary models which inclined towards composition as an independent activity.
Women are inclined to address issues and want results, whereas men, they are inclined to be more protective of their turf.
On this question, we are inclined to emphasise the primacy of political reform.
Distal thecae are less isolate and tend to be inclined at an acute angle to the stipe.
The suggestion is that a single inherited trait predisposes an individual to disease and also inclines him towards smoking.
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