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

• 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。
• 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。
• During the war his pacifist leanings were not helpful.
  战时他的和平主义思想派不上用场。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Students of literature and history, may have stronger intellectual leanings, often study religion as an intellectual pursuit. therefore, they may accept religion less readily.
  但学文史的人可能有一种知识分子的习性，把宗教当学问来研究，反而不易接受宗教。
• A man with literary leanings
  对文学有兴趣[爱好文学]的人
• 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。