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have a leaning to/toward(s) sth
表示倾向或爱好，后接介词to或toward(s)，toward多见于美式英语。
She has a leaning toward the arts.
她倾向于艺术。
倾向
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倾向
a tendency or inclination toward something
She has a leaning toward the arts.
她倾向于艺术。
倾向
A tendency or propensity.
She has a leaning toward classical music, so she often goes to concerts.
她对古典音乐有一种倾向，所以经常去听音乐会。
His political leanings are private, and he rarely discusses them at work.
他的政治倾向属于私事，他很少在工作中谈论这些。
My leaning is to save money first, then think about travel.
我的倾向是先存钱，再考虑旅行。
表示倾向或爱好，后接介词to或toward(s)，toward多见于美式英语。
She has a leaning toward the arts.
她倾向于艺术。
常用复数形式表示多方面的倾向。
His political leanings are conservative.
他的政治倾向是保守的。
Not this
He has a strong to lean to sports.
Use this
He has a strong leaning toward sports.
误用动词不定式“to lean”代替名词“leaning”。名词形式表示倾向，常与介词“toward”连用。
Not this
She has leaning for music.
Use this
She has a leaning toward music.
缺少冠词且介词使用错误。“leaning”为可数名词，需用不定冠词“a”；表示倾向的介词应为“toward”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
政治倾向
Her political leanings were clear from her voting record.
从她的投票记录可以清楚地看出她的政治倾向。
对……的倾向
He has a leaning toward classical music.
他倾向于古典音乐。
强烈的倾向
She has strong leanings toward minimalism.
她对极简主义有强烈的倾向。
哲学倾向
His philosophical leanings show in his writing.
他的哲学倾向体现在他的写作中。
艺术倾向
Despite studying law, she had artistic leanings.
尽管学的是法律，她有艺术方面的倾向。
倾向于
She has a leaning toward abstract art.
她倾向于抽象艺术。
政治倾向
The editor's political leanings are obvious in today's column.
编辑的政治倾向在今天的专栏中显而易见。
艺术倾向
Though he studied law, his artistic leanings were always clear.
尽管他学的是法律，但他的艺术倾向一直很明显。
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leaning内含lean（倾斜），名词意为倾向；中文‘倾向’的‘倾’也含倾斜，联想天平向一边倾斜即倾向。
语域：neutral 常见场景：书面文章、学术或新闻评述、介绍个人倾向或政治立场时 leaning 作名词表示“倾向”，语气上比较中性，通常多用于书面文章或较正式的表达，常见于对个人兴趣、政治立场等的描述。
这些词都与 leaning 押韵，都以 /iːnɪŋ/ 结尾：cleaning、meaning、screening、weaning、greening、gleaning。注意拼写相似的 learning /ˈlɜːnɪŋ/ 和 lining /ˈlaɪnɪŋ/ 发音不同。
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