tend

Compared meaning: to be likely to do or think something (verb).

比较义项：表示倾向于（做/想某事）（动词）。

• tend 本词

  Describes a subject's own habitual tendency to do or be something; used for people, things, or facts in general, followed by 'to' + infinitive, and does not take a direct object.

  这里指主语自身习惯性的倾向，可用于人、事物或泛指的事实，后接动词不定式to，且不能带直接宾语。

  People who skip breakfast tend to feel hungrier by mid-morning.

  不吃早饭的人在上午过半时往往会感觉更饿。

• incline

  Used when an outside cause—someone's nature or circumstances—makes another person tend to feel, think, or act a certain way; the cause is the subject, and it takes an object plus 'to' + infinitive; more formal than 'tend'.

  这里指某种外部原因——比如一个人的性格或客观情况——使另一个人倾向于产生某种感觉、想法或行为；句子的主语通常是那个原因，后面要接宾语再加动词不定式to；语气比tend更正式。

  His kindness inclines him to trust strangers easily.

  他的善良让他很容易就信任陌生人。

Tend and incline both mean to be likely to do or think something. Tend is a subject's own habitual tendency. Incline means an outside cause makes someone tend to feel or act that way, and is more formal. Other senses are not compared here.

这两个词都表达“倾向”的意思，容易被中文学习者混淆，但语法结构不同：tend描述主语自身习惯性的倾向，incline（此处的用法）则表示某个外部原因使别人产生某种倾向，语气也更正式、书面化。这里不比较incline“使倾斜、倾斜”的义项（如道路倾斜），也不比较tend“照料、照看”的义项。