leanings

英 [ˈliːnɪŋz]

美 [ˈlinɪŋz]

n.  倾向; 偏向; 爱好
leaning的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 倾向；偏向；爱好
  Your particularleaningsare the beliefs, ideas, or aims you hold or a tendency you have towards them.
  1. During the war his pacifist leanings were not helpful.
     战时他的和平主义思想派不上用场。
  2. I always had a leaning towards sport.
     我一向喜欢运动。

双语例句

• Is it safe to say her maternal leanings are still to be dealt with?
  问：我们可以说她的母性仍然是一个需要解决的问题吗？
• Her Western background and academic training combined with her spiritual leanings give Wreford an insight into both the physical and psychological impacts of HIV/ AIDS.
  她的西方背景和学术训练与她在精神上的倾向结合起来，这让她可以一窥艾滋病在生理和心理两方面的影响。
• But for all of his billions of dollars, technological genius and philanthropic leanings, the co-founder of Facebook remains a very, very bad dresser.
  坐拥数十亿身家，拥有非凡的技术天赋，还热衷慈善，但这位脸谱网站创始人的着装品味实在不敢让人恭维。
• Indeed there is almost a danger that Mr Sarkozy's Atlanticist leanings have raised expectations unrealistically high in Washington and London.
  萨尔科齐先生的大西洋主义倾向名不副实地抬高了华盛顿和伦敦的期望，这确实差不多是个危险。
• Critics who accuse the government of having reverted to its old socialist leanings of the1970s are plainly wrong.
  评论家指责政府政策回到了1970年代的老式社会主义倾向，这是完全错误的。
• A man with literary leanings
  对文学有兴趣[爱好文学]的人
• Working towards a common goal of creating new companies should be an aspiration for everyone, no matter what their political stripes or leanings may be, or where they live.
  创建工作迈向新公司的共同目标应该是每个人的愿望，不管其政治倾向的条纹或可能，或者他们住在那里。
• It seems that Coudroy had socialist leanings, and Bastiat began to refine his skills in clear thinking and writing by formulating the arguments that finally won over his friend to a philosophy of freedom.
  当库德罗伊似乎有社会主义倾向是，巴斯夏开始完善自己的技能，用清晰的思想和著作溶解争议，最终把他的朋友转变成了一位自由主义者。
• If you have any artistic leanings, this aspect helps your expression become more salable.
  如果你有任何的艺术倾向，这相位让你的表现变得更有出路。
• Fath's parents tried to curb his artistic leanings and sent him to business school, where he studied bookkeeping.
  法特赫的父母试图阻止他朝艺术发展，并把他送到商学院去念书，在那里他研究账本。