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If you are disinclined to do something, you are unwilling — you would rather not. The usual pattern is “be disinclined to…” plus a verb. It is polite and a bit formal, and it often a no. “I am disinclined to comment” is a grown-up way of saying you do not want to talk about that. Though actually, it does not always mean you dislike the thing. You might be tired, not in the mood, or you might think it is . Younger speakers almost never use it in casual talk; they say “not keen” or “don’t feel like it.” There is a verb “to disincline,” but you will almost only meet this as an adjective.
不願意、無意(偏書面、語氣較委婉)
組成dis- (not / the opposite) + inclined (leaning toward doing something)
同家族的字
- inclinedthe opposite adjective: willing or tending to
- inclinethe related verb
- inclinationthe related noun: a wish or lean toward something
- disinclinationthe related noun: a lack of willingness
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
disinclinedadj/dɪs.ɪŋˈklaɪnd/
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Not inclined; having a disinclination; being unwilling, reluctant.
- It is not surprising that the real scholar or expert and the practical man of affairs often feel contemptuous about the intellectual, are disinclined to recognize his power, and are resentful when they discover it.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。