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

• 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。
• 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。
• He gleefully points out the varied political leanings of his patrons.
  他愉快地指出他的赞助人政治倾向是多种多样的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Not only to her words, but also to the leanings of my heart that led me back to you.
  除了她的劝告以外，还有我的心，让我回到你身边。
• 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？
• 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。
• Local nonprofits Climate Solutions, Great City and the Sightline Institute work to link the environmental leanings of Seattleites with large-scale public plans.
  气候解决方案（ClimateSolutions）、伟大城市（GreatCity）和视角线学会（SightlineInstitute）等地方上的非营利组织努力就大规模公共计划提高西雅图市民的环保认识。
• 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。