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lean

lean
[英] [li:n] [美] [lin] 生词本

vt.& vi.

vt.

adj.

n.

vi.

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American English uses the form leaned as the past tense and past participle. British English uses either leaned or leant. 美国英语用leaned作过去式和过去分词，英国英语则用leaned或leant。
1. VERB （身体）倾斜，倾侧 When you lean in a particular direction, you bend your body in that direction. 

  • Eileen leaned across and opened the passenger door...

    艾琳倾身把后座门打开。

  • He leaned forward to give her a kiss...

    他前倾吻了她一下。

  • They stopped to lean over a gate.

    他们停下来，趴在一扇大门前。

2. VERB （使）倚；（使）靠 If you lean on or against someone or something, you rest against them so that they partly support your weight. If you lean an object on or against something, you place the object so that it is partly supported by that thing. 

  • She was feeling tired and was glad to lean against him...

    她正感到有些疲倦，因此很高兴可以靠在他身上。

  • Lean the plants against a wall and cover the roots with peat...

    把植物靠墙摆放，用泥煤盖住根部。

  • The table lurched as a young man leant his weight on it.

    一个小伙子把身体往上一靠，桌子就歪了。

3. ADJ-GRADED （壮健而）清瘦的 If you describe someone as lean, you mean that they are thin but look strong and healthy. 

  • Like most athletes, she was lean and muscular...

    跟大部分运动员一样，她身形清瘦，肌肉结实。

  • She watched the tall, lean figure step into the car.

    她看着那个瘦高个儿上了车。

4. ADJ-GRADED （肉）瘦的 If meat is lean, it does not have very much fat. 

  • It is a beautiful meat, very lean and tender.

    这块肉很好，又瘦又嫩。

  • ...the leanest ground beef you can get.

    买得到的最瘦的碎牛肉

5. ADJ-GRADED （组织）精简的，精干的 If you describe an organization as lean, you mean that it has become more efficient and less wasteful by getting rid of staff, or by dropping projects which were unprofitable. 

  • The value of the pound will force British companies to be leaner and fitter.

    英镑目前的汇率将迫使英国公司厉行精兵简政。

  • ...cutting corporate flab and building leaner companies.

    削减企业赘肉，建立瘦身型公司

6. ADJ-GRADED 萧条的；不景气的 If you describe periods of time as lean, you mean that people have less of something such as money or are less successful than they used to be. 

  • ...the lean years of the 1930s...

    萧条的20世纪30年代

  • With fewer tourists in town, the taxi trade is going through its leanest patch for 30 years.

    随着城里游客的减少，出租车行业正遭受30年来最不景气的时期。

相关词组：
lean on  lean towards 
Noun

1. the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical;

  • "the tower had a pronounced tilt"
  • "the ship developed a list to starboard"
  • "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"
Verb

1. to incline or bend from a vertical position;

  • "She leaned over the banister"

2. cause to lean or incline;

  • "He leaned his rifle against the wall"

3. have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined;

  • "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"
  • "These dresses run small"
  • "He inclined to corpulence"

4. rely on for support;

  • "We can lean on this man"

5. cause to lean to the side;

  • "Erosion listed the old tree"
Adjective

1. lacking excess flesh;

  • "you can't be too rich or too thin"
  • "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare

2. lacking in mineral content or combustible material;

  • "lean ore"
  • "lean fuel"

3. containing little excess;

  • "a lean budget"
  • "a skimpy allowance"

4. low in mineral content;

  • "a lean ore"

5. not profitable or prosperous;

  • "a lean year"

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  • 1.使倾斜；贫乏
1. A beginning beard faintly shadowed his chin and lean cheeks.
从他的下巴和瘦削的面颊上可以依稀看到刚长出来的胡须。

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2. Bacon has streaks of fat and streaks of lean.
咸肉中有几层肥的和几层瘦的。

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3. Do it yourself; don't lean on others for support.
自己做，不要依赖别人的支持。

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4. Do some oriental philosophies lean towards fatalism?
有些东方的哲学倾向于宿命论吗？

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5. Fat paunches have lean pates.
大腹便便，头脑空空。

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6. He has a lean handsome face.
他的脸清瘦而英俊。

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7. He is lean and brown.
他又瘦又黑。

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8. He's a tall, lean chap.
他是瘦长个儿。

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9. I lean towards letting him go along.
我倾向于让他一个人去。

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10. I lean upon you for aid.
我靠你周全。

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11. If you lean too far towards the water, you might fall in.
你身子要是朝水面斜得太厉害说不定要掉进水里。

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12. If you pay the gang the thousand pounds, they'll only lean on you for more.
如果你把这1000英镑拿给这帮歹徒，他们只会向你勒索更多的钱。

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13. In recent years, the cinema has fallen on lean times.
近几年，电影业遇上了不景气时期。

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14. It is dangerous to lean out of the window while the bus is in motion.
行车时探身窗外是危险的。

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15. Lean against my arm. I will support you.
靠在我胳膊上，我来扶住你。

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16. Lean on me if you feel dizzy.
如果你觉得头晕，就靠在我身上好了。

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17. Lean your head out for a moment and see if it's raining.
把头伸出去，看看是不是在下雨。

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18. Please don't lean over me while I'm working—it annoys me.
我干活时别趴在我身上，怪烦人的。

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19. Please don't lean your chair back, you'll break it.
请不要坐在椅子上往后仰，你会把椅子弄坏的。

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20. Recent events lean me more towards favoring longer years of imprisonment.
最近发生的事件更使我倾向于延长罪犯关押年限的意见。

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