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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Even in a professional situation, there may be some personal interests in common, hobbies, sports, children, etc. Take care to avoid such controversial topics as political leanings or religious beliefs.
  即使是专业人士，也会有一些相同的兴趣和业务爱好，如体育爱好、育儿等。要注意避免如政治倾向或宗教信仰等有争议性的话题。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Gerda had her own lesbian leanings.
  格尔达有同性恋倾向。