inclination
单词辨析：
指对某类事物拥有天赋或兴趣；也指因个人的好恶或偏见而对某人或某物作出的不正确的、有倾向性的判断。
He has a strong painting bias.
他有很高的绘画天分。
She has a bias against jazz music.
她对爵士乐有偏见。
You should have no bias in favour of either side.
你对双方应该不偏不倚。
指做某类事情的习性，侧重指非后天形成的自然本能；也指在学习方面的资质或技能，常后接介词 for。
Swallows have an aptitude for building nests.
燕子有筑巢的习性。
He has an aptitude for painting.
他有绘画的才能。
强调对某个领域有特殊的爱好，或在某方面有特长。
He has a bent for music.
他酷爱音乐。
The natural bent of my mind was to science.
我生来爱好科学。
指对某人或某个群体的偏袒、特别照顾。
Usually, parents show favour to the youngest of their children.
父母通常偏爱最小的孩子。
He is careful to show favour to no one.
他小心谨慎地不偏袒任何人。
指某人想做某事的一种意愿。
She has an inclination for sports.
她爱好运动。
He has no inclination to be a teacher.
他不想当教师。
指基于个人价值观、偏见或个人喜好程度上的选择。
I have a preference for country life.
我偏爱乡村生活。
Ben has a preference of physics to/over English.
本爱物理胜过英语。
尤指因种族、性别、宗教等方面的差异而形成的对特定事物不合理的否定态度。
African Americans still face racial prejudice in America.
在美国，黑人依然要面对种族歧视问题。
He has a prejudice against pop music.
他对流行音乐怀有偏见。
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An inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy.
一种通过娱乐或幻想从讨厌的现实中逃走的倾向。
There is always a certain inclination in a ship's deck.
船的甲板总有几分斜度。
This inclination suggests how deeply rooted the orienting response is.
这种倾向显示了人类的导向反应是多麽根深柢固。
The inclination of the child's head suggested sleep.
孩子倾斜的头表明他困了。
I know it's not your inclination but.
我知道那不是你的爱好，但是。
Inclination in that direction has long been considered frivolous and unmanly.
这方面的爱好长期被认为是轻薄和非男子气的。