| 释义 |
or lean upon 1. phrasal verbIf you lean on someone or lean upon them, you depend on them for support and encouragement. She leaned on him to help her to solve her problems. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verbIf you lean on someone, you try to influence them, especially by threatening them. [informal] He told us to get stuffed so we leaned on his kid. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Colin was being leaned on by his bankers. [VERB PARTICLE noun] See full dictionary entry for leanlean on in British Englishverb (intr, preposition)1. Also: lean upon to depend on for advice, support, etc 2. informal to exert pressure on (someone), as by threats or intimidation lean on in American English US Slang to pressure, as by using influence or intimidating See full dictionary entry for lean Examples of 'lean on' in a sentencelean on In other languageslean on British English: lean on / liːn ɒn/ VERB If you lean on someone, you depend on them for support and help. You can lean on me. - American English: lean on
- Arabic: يَسْتَنِدُ عَلَى
- Brazilian Portuguese: encostar-se
- Chinese: 靠着
- Croatian: osloniti se
- Czech: spoléhat se na koho
- Danish: støtte sig til
- Dutch: vertrouwen op
- European Spanish: contar con
- Finnish: tukeutua
- French: s’appuyer
- German: verlassen (sich)
- Greek: βασίζομαι σε
- Italian: appoggiarsi a
- Japanese: おどす
- Korean: 의지하다
- Norwegian: støtte (seg) på
- Polish: oprzeć się
- European Portuguese: confiar em
- Romanian: a se bizui pe
- Russian: полагаться
- Latin American Spanish: apoyarse
- Swedish: stödja (sig) på
- Thai: พึ่งพา
- Turkish: güvenmek
- Ukrainian: покладатися
- Vietnamese: dựa vào
Chinese translation of 'lean on' vt fus - (= rest against) [person, object]
倚 (yǐ) - (fig) [person]
依赖(賴) (yīlài) - (inf, = threaten)
威胁(脅) (wēixié)
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