词根:cliv = to bend
来自拉丁语的cliv意为to bend。同义词根有来自拉丁语的clin/cli,flect/flex,cumb/cub和来自盎格鲁-撒克逊语的croach(croch,crouch,crotch,crutch,crook)等。
同源词:
1. proclivity(向前弯曲 pro(=forward) + cliv(=bend))
n.倾向;癖性;气质
Don't believe everything she says;she has a proclivity for exaggeration.她说的话不要全信,她总爱夸大其词。
2. acclivity
n.斜坡;上倾 *ac<ad(=to,toward)
3. declivity
n.下斜;斜坡 *de(=down)
词根:clin, cliv = lean, slope, 表示“倾斜, 斜坡”
decline 倾斜;衰退
declination 衰退;下倾(de向下+cline→向下斜)
declination 衰退;下倾
incline 倾斜;偏向(in进入+cline→进入斜→偏向,喜爱)
disinclined 不愿意的(dis不+inclined喜欢的)
proclivity 倾向;癖好(pro预先+cliv+ity→先斜好→癖好)
词根词缀:cliv-
【来源及含义】Latin: slope, slanting up or down
【同源单词】acclive, acclivitous, acclivity, acclivous, declive, declivitous