| 单词 | leaning |
| 释义 | lean·ing 1. < detected a certain list or leaning of the tower > 2. < had a strong leaning toward law > < a reformer with radical leanings — Martin Gardner > Synonyms: < in spite of their antirationalistic leanings, the mystics of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries remained true to the established doctrines — Frank Thilly > < an able comedy actor with a leaning towards farce — E.H.Collis > propensity may apply to an innate or deeply engrained longing or attraction making a certain course of action highly probable < only precariously civilized and within us there is the propensity, persistent as the force of gravity, to revert under stress and strain, under neglect or temptation, to our first natures — Walter Lippman > proclivity may apply to a strong inclination, sometimes notably individual, often to one indulged or manifested < her free speech, her Continental ideas, and her proclivity for championing new causes even when she did not know much about them — Willa Cather > < despite her proclivity for gossip she was reticent upon family affairs — A.J.Cronin > penchant may indicate a decided taste for, special ability at, or strong proclivity for < Americans, though in years now well in the past, had shown a penchant for tinkering with the money supply — J.K.Galbraith > < the psychiatrist does not deny that the child who rebels against his father is in many significant ways different from the same individual as a middle-aged adult who has a penchant for subversive theories — Edward Sapir > flair may refer to an instinctive ability or perception joined with innate power of discernment; it may also be a synonym for aptitude, talent, or knack < good, although not quite tops, at his job until about a year before. Then something had happened to his judgment — his flair — Frances & Richard Lockridge > < as an ordinary clergyman he showed a great flair for organizing and the true ministry — George Bellairs > |
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