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

• If you have any artistic leanings, this aspect helps your expression become more salable.
  如果你有任何的艺术倾向，这相位让你的表现变得更有出路。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Gerda had her own lesbian leanings.
  格尔达有同性恋倾向。
• 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。
• 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。