inclination [ˌɪn.klɪˈneɪ.ʃən]

例句:

• He is a teacher by occupation but a philosopher by inclination.
  他的职业是教师,但他的本心是成为哲学家.
  来自《简明英汉词典》
• Their inclination to wait and demand more resources desolated President Lincoln.
  他们总是等待并要求得到更多资财的倾向让林肯总统甚感不快。
  
• He did not show the slightest inclination to leave.
  他丝毫没有表现出要离开的意思。
  
• I just knew I lacked the ideas or inclination.
  来自THETIMES
• The inclination now is more toward emphatic self-promotion.
  来自NEWYORKER
• Neither had any known previous inclination toward terrorism.
  来自NEWYORKER