English Dictionary

incline

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪnˈklaɪn/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞 受動態

(transitive) To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical. / (intransitive) To slope.

日本語の意味

（他動詞）物体をある平面や方向からずらして傾ける。 / （自動詞）傾斜する。

She had to incline the mirror slightly to catch the light from the window.

彼女は窓からの光を反射させるために鏡を少し傾けなければならなかった。

意味（1）

(transitive) To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.

He had to incline his body against the gusts to avoid being blown down in the storm.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To slope.

Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline.

意味（3）

(chiefly intransitive, chiefly passive) To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.

He inclines to believe anything he reads in the newspapers.

inclines （ present singular third-person ）

inclining （ participle present ）

inclined （ participle past ）

inclined （ past ）