(1) ①tend to可接不定式，意为“容易、往往(有某种倾向)”，可用于人，也可用于物，tend为不及物动词。
- Many people tend to get fat as they grow older.
很多人随着年龄增长容易发胖。 - Recently I've tended to get tired in the evenings; I can hardly sit up late now.
最近我往往在晚上感到疲惫，几乎不能熬夜了。 - Current English tends to be very informal.
现代英语往往非常随便。
②tend to (towards)后可接名词，意为“倾向于……；有……的趋势”。
- His family have always tended to overweight.
他的家人有过胖的倾向。 - On this matter I tend to/towards your opinion.
在这件事上，我倾向于你的意见。
(2) ①incline to意为“倾向于……；偏向于；易于”，可接不定式，可以与tend to换用；也可接名词、动名词，to 也可换成towards。
- She inclines to/towards leanness.
她偏瘦。 - I incline to/towards tiredness in the evenings.
晚上我容易感到疲劳。 - I incline , to some degree, to/towards your point of view in this respect.
在这方面，我在一定程度上倾向于你的观点。 - I incline/tend to believe in his innocence.
我倾向于相信他的清白。
②incline可作及物动词，意思是“使……倾向于”，常用的句型结构为：sth. inclines sb. to do sth.或sth. inclines sb. to/towards sth.。
- The political situation there inclines her to come back earlier.
那里的政治形势使她倾向于提前回来。 - His apathy towards his studies inclined me to anger.
他对学习无所谓的态度使我很生气。
③也可用sb. be/feels inclined to(do) sth.句型，意为“感到想，倾向于，往往是”。
- I'm inclined to go to Europe to spend our holidays.
我倾向于去欧洲度假。 - The U.S. is becoming more inclined towards the belief that black people should be fairly treated. 美国越来越倾向于黑人也应受到平等对待的信念。
- I don't feel specially inclined to go.
我不特别想走。 - He had been inclined to talkativeness, but gradually he became silent.
他原来是很爱讲话，可渐渐变得沉默了。
④介词有时用for，表示“想要(做某事)”。
- Do you feel inclined for a cup of coffee/a walk?
你想来杯咖啡吗？/你想去散散步吗？
(3) ①lean towards/to意思是“倾向于”，后接名词，在此短语中，lean为不及物动词，towards较to更常见。
- I lean towards belief that he had no hand in shutting up the school.
我倾向于相信他没有插手学校关门一事。 - In his political opinions he leans towards the Republicans.
他就其政见来说倾向于共和党。 - I rather lean/incline/tend to your opinion as regards/in regard to that matter.
对那个问题，我相当倾向于你的意见。
②在lean towards短语中，lean间或可用作及物动词。
- Numerous events lean me towards favouring severer punishment for corruption.
诸多事件使我倾向于赞成要更严厉地惩治腐败。
(4) feel/be tempted to意为“很想做某事”，语气较强，后接不定式。
- Very often I have been tempted to have a visit to Hangzhou.
很多次我都很想去杭州一游。 - I was rather tempted to ring him up to tell him of the matter, but I didn't after thinking it over.
我很想打电话告诉他这件事，但仔细想了想还是没有那样做。
(5) dispose to意为“使倾向于(做某事)；使愿意(做某事)”，dispose为及物动词，常用的结构为dispose sb. to do。
- The good pay and short hours disposed me to take the new job in that company.
报酬高、工时短使我很乐意接受那家公司的新工作。 - What you say disposes me to think that they're unwilling to do the project.
你的话使我觉得他们不愿意做这项工程。
(6) be/feel disposed to do以过去分词disposed作表语，后接不定式，也是常用的形式，意为“愿意、倾向于(做某事)”。
- I hope you're disposed to be friends with me.
我希望你能愿意跟我做朋友。 - The thing I feel most disposed to say is that this is very sudden.
我最想说的是这件事很突然。
