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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The response of many, notably environmentalists and people with socialist leanings, is to welcome such conflicts.
  许多人（特别是环保主义者和有社会主义倾向的人）的反应，是欢迎这种冲突。
• He has been unhappy with his son's political leanings
  他一向不满意儿子的政治倾向。
• Those who had been prompted to think about choices, regardless of their own political leanings, expressed less support for the equalizing policies.
  那些一开始就要求关注“做选择”的参与者，不管各自的政治立场是什么，都表示不怎么赞同这项旨在促进的公平的政策。
• Betraying his academic leanings, Mr Stevens argues that the nature of security in the information age is evolving into something more personal, not just the domain of government.
  史蒂文斯指出，信息时代的安全，其特征是日益进入更为个人化的领域，而不仅限于政府范筹。这一点，暴露了他的学术化倾向。
• If others don't display their political leanings, it may be unofficially frowned upon.
  如果别人都没有公布自己的政治倾向，那就可能政治话题在公司是不被接受的。
• If I eat the same food, have same musical, literary and dramatic basis and the same etiquette as my Catholic friend, me and him are of the same culture, regardless of my religious leanings.
  如果我跟我的天主教朋友吃同样的食物，音乐、文学和戏剧基础和礼仪规范也完全相同，那么即使我们有着不同的宗教倾向，我们的文化也是相同的。
• 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。