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tilt (obj) SLOPEtIltvto (cause to) move into a sloping position使倾斜She tilted the sunshade so that it shaded her chair. [T]她斜放着阳伞，让它遮住她的椅子。He tilted his chair backwards and put his feet up on his desk while he was talking one the phone. [T]他打电话时，把椅子向后仰着，并把双脚搁在写字台上。Anna looked up at him with her head tilted to one side. [T]安娜抬头望着他，脑袋歪向一边。Tom wore his baseball cap tilted at an angle on his head. [T]汤姆歪戴着棒球帽。The front seats of the car tilt. [I]汽车前座倾斜。(fig.) Many voters who haven't yet made up their minds are tilting away from/towards (=are beginning to support/ not to support) the Democrats [I]许多尚未作出决定的选民开始偏离/偏向民主党。(fig.) In the first half of the match, Liverpool had control, but in the second half, the balance tilted towards Sheffield (=Sheffield started to get control). [I]在比赛的前半场，利物浦控制局面，但在后半场，谢菲尔德开始占优势。(fig.) The local election results have tilted the balance of power in favour of the opposition (=has put them in a stronger or controlling position). [T]地方选举结果使反对派获得优势。If something tilts the balance/scales, it is the thing which causes a particular situation to happen or a particular decision to be made when other situations or decisions are possible.起决定性作用This latest election promise might just tilt the balance in the government's favour.这最近的选举承诺可能恰好起了决定性作用， 使形势有利于政府一方。
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