请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 disincline
释义

disincline

[ dis-in-klahyn ]
/ ˌdɪs ɪnˈklaɪn /
SEE SYNONYMS FOR disincline ON THESAURUS.COM

verb (used with or without object), dis·in·clined, dis·in·clin·ing.

to make or be averse or unwilling: Your rudeness disinclines me to grant your request.

Origin of disincline

First recorded in 1640–50; dis-1 + incline

Words nearby disincline

disimpassioned, disimprison, disincentive, disincentivize, disinclination, disincline, disinclined, disincorporate, disinfect, disinfectant, disinfest
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for disincline

  • A man may love oysters, but too many oysters will disincline him toward that particular diet.

    Revolution and Other Essays|Jack London
  • The water was so warm as at first to disincline one to enter it, but by degrees the sensation became far from unpleasant.

    The Cathedral Towns and Intervening Places of England, Ireland and Scotland:|Thomas W. Silloway
  • I had heard so many stories of his making "dead sets" at new acquaintances as to disincline me to become one.

    John Leech, His Life and Work, Vol. II (of II)|William Powell Frith
  • At the same time he denounced the authors, so as to disincline the reader to look into their pages for the D'Israelian plagiaries.

    Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2)|George Jacob Holyoake

British Dictionary definitions for disincline

disincline
/ (ˌdɪsɪnˈklaɪn) /

verb

to make or be unwilling, reluctant, or averse

Derived forms of disincline

disinclination (ˌdɪsɪnklɪˈneɪʃən), noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/12 7:02:39