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单词 leaning
释义

leaning

noun

lean·​ing ˈlē-niŋ How to pronounce leaning (audio)
: a definite but not decisive attraction or tendency
often used in plural
radical leanings

Synonyms

  • current
  • direction
  • drift
  • run
  • tendency
  • tide
  • trend
  • wind
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Example Sentences

the news media are often accused of having liberal leanings despite what his athletic leanings might suggest, he was actually a very lazy kid
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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

leaning 1 of 3

adjective

as in sloping
running in a slanting direction the leaning tower of Pisa is a popular tourist attraction in Italy

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • sloping
  • sloped
  • tilting
  • diagonal
  • tilted
  • slant
  • raked
  • slanted
  • oblique
  • graded
  • pitched
  • cant
  • inclined
  • canted
  • listing
  • slantwise

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • horizontal
  • vertical
  • parallel
  • level
  • perpendicular
  • plumb
  • up-and-down
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leaning

2 of 3

noun

1
as in direction
a prevailing or general movement or inclination the news media are often accused of having liberal leanings

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • direction
  • tendency
  • tide
  • trend
  • shift
  • wind
  • drift
  • current
  • run
  • curve
  • swing
  • turn
  • upside
  • habit
  • way
  • tenor
  • propensity
  • downside
  • custom
  • turnabout
  • countertrend
  • countercurrent
  • undercurrent
  • undertow
2
as in tendency
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing despite what his athletic leanings might suggest, he was actually a very lazy kid

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • tendency
  • inclination
  • devices
  • aptitude
  • bent
  • affinity
  • proclivity
  • affection
  • bias
  • penchant
  • knack
  • impulse
  • predisposition
  • predilection
  • disposition
  • turn
  • propensity
  • preference
  • partiality
  • bone
  • talent
  • addiction
  • gift
  • genius
  • liking
  • like
  • habitude
  • prejudice
  • favor
  • appetite
  • flair
  • partisanship
  • habit
  • fondness
  • taste
  • faculty
  • practice
  • endowment
  • way
  • one-sidedness
  • fancy
  • specialty
  • custom
  • pattern
  • speciality
  • forte
  • quirk
  • routine
  • peculiarity
  • idiosyncrasy
  • singularity
  • wont
  • convention
  • eccentricity
  • trick
  • practise
  • kink
  • oddity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • dislike
  • distaste
  • aversion
  • allergy
  • disliking
  • neutrality
  • disinclination
  • objectivity
  • disfavor
  • detachment
  • indifference
  • impartiality
  • averseness
  • disrelish
  • apathy
  • nonchalance
  • unconcern
  • disinterestedness
  • insouciance
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leaning

3 of 3

verb

present participle of lean
1
as in tilting
to set or cause to be at an angle just lean the ladder against the tree and climb up it

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • tilting
  • sloping
  • angling
  • inclining
  • tipping
  • cocking
  • slanting
  • heeling
  • pitching
  • canting
  • banking
  • listing
  • bending
  • deviating
  • retreating
  • veering
  • reclining
  • descending
  • swerving
  • declining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • straightening
  • flattening
  • evening
  • leveling
  • levelling
2
as in tending
to show a liking or proneness (for something) the family's diet leans toward greasy food

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • tending
  • inclining
  • running
  • pointing
  • gravitating
  • trending
  • going
  • indicating
  • suggesting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • avoiding
  • shunning
  • shying (from or away from)
3
as in relying
to place reliance or trust you can always lean on me if you need help

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • relying
  • counting
  • depending
  • standing on
  • trusting
  • banking on
  • calculating
  • looking to
  • calling upon
  • confiding
  • entrusting
  • calling on
  • figuring on
  • reckoning
  • committing
  • intrusting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • questioning
  • distrusting
  • suspecting
  • mistrusting

Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of leaning are penchant, proclivity, and propensity. While all these words mean "a strong instinct or liking for something," leaning suggests a liking or attraction not strong enough to be decisive or uncontrollable.

a student with artistic leanings

In some situations, the words penchant and leaning are roughly equivalent. However, penchant implies a strongly marked taste in the person or an irresistible attraction in the object.

a penchant for taking risks

The words proclivity and leaning can be used in similar contexts, but proclivity suggests a strong natural proneness usually to something objectionable or evil.

a proclivity for violence

The meanings of propensity and leaning largely overlap; however, propensity implies a deeply ingrained and usually irresistible inclination.

a propensity to offer advice
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