| 单词 | slant |
| 释义 | slantWord family adjectiveslantedslantendicularslantingslantwaysadverbslantinglyverbslant slant1 /slɑːnt $ slænt/ verb 1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to slope or make something slope in a particular direction （使）倾斜，（使）歪斜；斜移 The sun’s rays slanted through the trees. 阳光透过树木斜照下来。 slanting eyes 斜眼 2 [transitiveT] to provide information in a way that unfairly supports one opinion, gives an advantage to one group etc 有偏向性地陈述，带偏向性地报道 The researchers were accused of slanting their findings in favour of their own beliefs. 研究人员被指责使调查结果向自己的观点倾斜。 Examples from the Corpus slant• The face, the eyes, are downward slanted.• The lines, mainly in block letters, wander and slant across the page.• The temperature hovered just above freezing, and a brisk wind turned the rain into slanting sheets of icy daggers.• And he blasted the media for slanting the coverage against Simpson to prolong the story.• The questions had, for the most part, been slanted to the factual points about where people were on Friday night and Saturday afternoon.• In one corner was a fixed, small desk with a slanted top.• The final selection was slanted towards books with a strong social content and which explored political issues.• Tunney reached for the blind, slanted up the edge and bowed his way in. slant2 noun [singular] 1 UNFAIRa way of writing about or thinking about a subject that is based on a particular opinion or set of ideas 〔对某一意见或观点的〕倾向性，倾斜 The article had an anti-union slant. 这篇文章有反工会倾向。 new/different/fresh etc slant Each article has a slightly different slant on the situation. 每篇文章对局势的分析都略有不同的倾向。 Recent events have put a new slant on the president’s earlier comments. 最近的事件使人们对总统早些时候说的话有了新的理解。 2 HORIZONTALa sloping position or angle 斜面；斜线；斜角 SYN slope at/on a slant The house seems to be built on a steep slant. 这房子好像建在一个陡坡上。 Examples from the Corpus slant• Bob presses a button, and his bed rises in the back at a slant.• That puts a slant on my whole career.• A slant of sun on large clean table, dancing barley-sugar splashes through the marmalade jar.• Pippa Greenwood gives a new and refreshing slant on overcoming the problems of a sloping garden.• Several readers objected to the article's strong Republican slant.• Even you guys in the media... the slant is always about winning.• The slant was coming and I beat the receiver to it.• There's something missing, something that could change the whole slant of our investigation. put ... slant on• That puts a slant on my whole career.• But it's just as easy to put another slant on it. at/on a slant• Bob presses a button, and his bed rises in the back at a slant.• The house seems to be built on a steep slant.• The sofa faced the fire, at a slant.• Dear, she wrote on a slant. (1400-1500) From a Scandinavian language |
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