client 【根】cli,clin,cliv＝to bend（彎曲）

詞匯起源
The ground sense is of one who leans on another for protection.

The party for which professional services are rendered, as by an attorney.
A customer or patron: clients of the hotel.
A person using the services of a social services agency.
One that depends on the protection of another.
A client state.
n. [經(jīng)] 客戶；顧客；委托人

climax 弧線彎曲最大的地方
The point of greatest intensity or force in an ascending series or progression; a culmination. See Synonyms at summit.
A series of statements or ideas in an ascending order of rhetorical force or intensity. The final statement in such a series.
A moment of great or culminating intensity in a narrative or drama, especially the conclusion of a crisis. The turning point in a plot or dramatic action.
n. 頂點；最高點；極點；高潮；層進法（在不斷增強的修辭力度或強度中使用的一系列陳述和方法）

例句：
His election to the presidency was the climax of his career.
他當選為總統(tǒng)是他職業(yè)生涯的頂峰。
The story reached a climax in chapter ten.
故事在第十章到達高潮。
The evening was climaxed by his memorable speech.
他令人難以忘懷的演講把那個晚會推向了高潮。

decline
The process or result of declining, especially a gradual deterioration.
A downward movement.
The period when something approaches an end.
A downward slope; a declivity.
A disease that gradually weakens or wastes the body.
To express polite refusal.
To slope downward; descend. To bend downward; droop.
To degrade or lower oneself; condescend.
To deteriorate gradually; fail.
To sink, as the setting sun. To draw to a gradual close; wane.
n. 下降；衰退；斜面
vi. 下降；衰落；謝絕
vt. 謝絕；婉拒

例句：
As one grows older one's memory declines.
人的記憶力隨著年齡增長而衰退。
She declined to have lunch with her friend, saying that she wasn't feeling well.
她說她身體不舒服,婉拒了與她的朋友共進午餐。

incline
To deviate from the horizontal or vertical; slant.
To be disposed to a certain preference, opinion, or course of action.
To lower or bend the head or body, as in a nod or bow.
To cause to lean, slant, or slope.
To influence to have a certain tendency; dispose: Recent events incline us to distrust all politicians.
To bend or lower in a nod or bow: inclined her head in acquiescence.
An inclined surface; a slope or gradient
vi. 傾斜；傾向；易于
vt. 使傾斜；使傾向于
n. 傾斜；斜面；斜坡

例句：
I am inclined to agree with you.
我同意你的看法。
The road has a steep incline.
這條路有個很陡的斜坡。

inclination
The act of inclining or the state of being inclined; a bend or tilt: The inclination of the child's head suggested sleep.
A deviation or the degree of deviation from the horizontal or vertical; a slant: the steep inclination of a roof. An inclined surface; a slope.
A tendency toward a certain condition or character: the alkaline inclination of the local waters.
A characteristic disposition to do, prefer, or favor one thing rather than another; a propensity
n. 傾向，愛好；斜坡

disincline
To make reluctant or averse.
To be unwilling.
vt. 使不愿；使不欲；不感興趣
vi. 不愿意

例句：
Her delicate constitution disinclined her from such an arduous job.
她纖弱的體質(zhì)使得她不欲擔任如此艱巨的工作。

acclivity
An upward slope, as of a hill.
n. 向上的斜坡；[建] 上斜

proclivity
A natural propensity or inclination; predisposition
n. 傾向；癖性

declivity
A downward slope, as of a hill.
n. 下坡；傾斜