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

• 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。
• Because of these assertive leanings, you can make an excellent salesperson, but you may have some problems with human relations.
  就是因为这些强势的倾向，让你可以是个出色的销售人士，但是你却在人际关系方面有问题。
• The testimony of his contemporaries attests to this, and certainly the known facts of his life confirm his leanings toward the metaphysical and the mystical.
  和他同时代的人公认他对玄学和神秘主义的偏爱，他的一生也充分证实了这一点。
• 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。
• During the war his pacifist leanings were not helpful.
  战时他的和平主义思想派不上用场。
• He has been unhappy with his son's political leanings
  他一向不满意儿子的政治倾向。
• It will depend on the political leanings of the new committee members.
  这将取决于新的委员会成员们的政治倾向。
• 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。
• In the twelve years, her feminist leanings are becoming more and more obvious.
  在这个漫长的12年的过程当中，斯佳丽的女性主义倾向越来越明显。
• 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。