Word
disinclined
使不愿；使无意
disinclined is the past of disincline.
To make someone reluctant or less willing to do something.
- 1.
To make reluctant; to lessen the inclination of.
使不愿意；减少...的倾向。
使不愿意；减少...的倾向。；使不愿；使不欲
In use
His bad experience disinclined him to try again.
The heavy rain disinclines me to go out today.
Her parents' attitude is disinclining her to accept the offer.
disincline sb to do sth
disincline 是及物动词，主语通常是让人失去意愿的事物或情况。
The heavy rain disinclined us to leave the house.
大雨使我们不愿出门。
be disinclined to do sth
be disinclined to do sth 是常用结构，表示“不情愿做某事”；此处 disinclined 是过去分词。
I am disinclined to accept the offer.
我不愿接受这个提议。
Verb forms
base disincline · third person disinclines · -ing disinclining · past disinclined · past participle disinclined
disincline 较正式，常用搭配 disincline sb to do sth 或 disincline sb from doing sth，表示“使某人不愿做某事”。
Common mistakes
I disincline to accept the offer.I am disinclined to accept the offer.
disincline 是及物动词，意为“使（某人）不愿意”，必须带宾语；表示“自己不愿意”时应用过去分词形容词 disinclined，与 be 连用。
She disinclined the invitation politely.She declined the invitation politely.
disincline 接人作宾语，表示“使（某人）不愿做某事”，不能接“邀请”这类事物作宾语；表示婉言谢绝时应用 decline，其宾语可以是 invitation。
Connections
Collocations
- disincline someone to do something
- 使某人不愿做某事
- Her painful experience disinclined her to trust strangers.她痛苦的经历使她不情愿信任陌生人。
- be disinclined to
- 不愿；不想
- Tom was disinclined to argue with his boss.汤姆不愿意和老板争论。
- strongly disinclined to
- 极不情愿做某事
- She was strongly disinclined to reveal her age.她极不情愿透露自己的年龄。
Pop culture & quotes
- It would seem I am disinclined to acquiesce to your request.
- 看来我不愿意答应你的请求。Davy Jones says this to Will Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006); it is his theatrical way of saying "no."这是戴维·琼斯在《加勒比海盗2：聚魂棺》（2006）中对威尔·特纳说的话，是他戏剧化地说“不”的方式。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
dis- 表否定，想象把 incline（倾向）倒过来，倾向被削弱，就是“使不愿”；如 disincline to go 无意前往。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式写作、学术或书面语 disincline 比较少见，多用于正式或书面语，表示“使不愿意”或“减弱…的倾向”。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words rhyme with the final syllable of disincline (/klaɪn/): line, shine, fine, mine, sign, decline all end in the /aɪn/ sound. Beware of lookalikes such as discipline /ˈdɪsəplɪn/, which starts with dis- but has a different vowel and final consonant, so it does not rhyme.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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