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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Hugo's father was a general in the Napoleonic army with republican sympathies while his middle-class mother had royalist leanings.
  雨果的爸爸曾是拿破仑军队的一名将军，是共和制的支持者，而他中产阶级的妈妈则有保皇主义的倾向。
• 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。
• 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。
• Fitness Analysis of Initiative, Cooperative and Inquiry Leanings
  自主、合作、探究学习的适合度分析
• 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。
• 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？