" Of course they can, " said Dumbledore, inclining his head, " And you certainly seem to be making many changes, Cornelius."

“当然是这样，”邓布利多欠欠身说，“看样子你无疑正在做许多修改，康奈利。”

" I thought, " said Dumbledore, inclining his head slightly, " that she might need reminding of the pact she had sealed by taking you."

“我想，”邓布利多说，他稍微歪一下头，“她也许需要被提醒一下，她曾经做出过的收留你的承诺。”

Some were only stumps, some were inclining stiffly to their fall, some were still erect, piercing like masts into the blue.

有些只是树桩， 有些僵硬地倾斜着要倒下， 有些仍然直立， 像桅杆一样刺入蓝色。

'No, no, ' replied the matron, inclining her head to catch the words, as they came more faintly from the dying woman.

“不，不，” 护士长回答说， 她下头去听那些话， 因为这些话来自垂死的女人， 声音更加微弱。

You will be glad to hear (inclining his head, and whispering seriously) that my uncle means to give her all my aunt's jewels.

——你会很高兴听到（歪着头，认真地声说）我叔叔的意思是要把我姑姑所有的珠宝都给她。

First sentences have what I call " an angle of lean" ; they lean forward, inclining in the direction of the elaborations they anticipate.

第一句话有我所说的“倾斜角度”；他们身体前倾，朝着他们预期的阐述方向倾斜。

" Her father (inclining his head towards the inner room) was as good a feller as ever lived. He always had his great indignation ready against anything underhand."

“她父亲（他把头侧向里屋）在世的时候是个难得的好人。对任何不光彩的事他总表现得极为愤恨。”

The preparations for our departure were not long in making, and we were soon on our way down a passage inclining two feet in seven.

我们出发的准备工作没花多长时间，很快我们就沿着一条七英尺二英尺倾斜的通道路。

'An occasion, I am sure, not to be forgotten by myself in the course of Ages, ' said Mr. Harthouse, inclining his head to Mrs. Sparsit with the most indolent of all possible airs.

“一个场合，我敢肯定，在过去的岁月里，我自己都不会忘记，”哈特豪斯先生说着，用最漫不经心的神态将头转向斯巴塞夫人。

Disturbed by these different reflections; inclining now to one course and then to another, and again recoiling from all, as each successive consideration presented itself to her mind; Rose passed a sleepless and anxious night.

被这些不同的想法所困扰；时而倾向于一种，然后又倾向于另一种，当每一个连续的考虑出现在她的脑海中时，又一次对所有的事情都退缩；罗斯度过一个不眠而焦虑的夜晚。

As for example; on the question whether 'twas nobler in the mind to suffer, some roared yes, and some no, and some inclining to both opinions said " Toss up for it;" and quite a Debating Society arose.

例如：关于" 头脑中是否更高尚，有的人吼是的，有的没有，有的倾向于两种观点都说" 为它而放弃" ，并出现一个相当的辩论会。

She broke forth as never moon yet burst from cloud: a hand first penetrated the sable folds and waved them away; then, not a moon, but a white human form shone in the azure, inclining a glorious brow earthward.

她突然爆发，就像月亮从未从云层中破绽而出：一只手首先穿透紫褐色的褶皱，将它们挥开；然后，不是月亮，而是一个白色的人形在蔚蓝中闪耀，向地面倾斜着光彩夺目的眉毛。

The small frame house, about fifteen years old, was already inclining to become a new Colonial relic. The Adamses had built it, moving into it from the " Queen Anne" house they had rented until they took this step in fashion.

小木屋，大约十五年的历史，已经倾向于成为新的殖民地遗迹。 Adamses 建造它，从他们租用的“安妮女王”房子搬进它，直到他们迈出时尚的这一步。

People saw nothing holy in this spring morning, in this beauty of God's world — a gift to all living creatures — inclining to peace, good-will and love, but worshiped their own inventions for imposing their will on each other.

在这个春天的早晨，人们看不到任何圣洁的东西，看不到帝世界的美丽——这是给所有生物的礼物——倾向于和平、善意和爱，而是崇拜他们自己的发明，因为他们将自己的意志强加给彼此。

When we are speaking of matter, it will seem as if we were inclining to idealism; when we are speaking of mind, it will seem as if we were inclining to materialism.

当我们谈论物质时， 似乎我们倾向于唯心主义； 当我们谈到心灵时， 似乎我们倾向于唯物主义。