| 词汇 | lean towards |
| 释义 | Phr V lean towards leans, leaning, leant or leaned lean towards sth/doing sth British, American & Australianlean toward sth/doing sth American to support or begin to support a particular set of ideas or a particular political partyThe country was leaning increasingly towards Communism.I'm leaning towards supporting the Democrats this time. lean towards especially BrE lean towards/toward sth usually progressive to tend to support a particular opinion or decisionlean towards/toward doing sth Yeltsin was leaning towards running for re-election. Their eldest daughter seems to be leaning towards a career in computing. (redirected from lean towards) lean toward (someone or something)1. To bend, tilt, or incline in the direction of someone or something. I tried leaning toward the door to hear what they were talking about in the other room. She leaned toward Tom and whispered something in his ear. 2. To have a slight preference for or inclination toward someone, something, or some action. Usually used in a continuous tense. We're leaning toward keeping the company privately held. I'm leaning toward a laptop rather than a desktop computer. We're still leaning toward Jeff, but we still have a few more people to interview for the job. lean toward someone or something1. to incline toward someone or something. Tom is leaning toward Randy. I think he is going to fall on him. The tree is leaning toward the edge of the cliff. It will fall eventually. 2. to tend to favor [choosing] someone or something. lam leaning toward Sarah as the new committee head. I'm leaning toward a new committee. lean toward doing somethingto tend toward doing something; to favor doing something. The union is leaning toward accepting the proposal. My friends leaned toward swimming instead of shopping. |
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