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| 1 | I +forward/back/towards/across etc to move your body so it is closer to or further from someone or something , for example by bending at the waist 探身；弯腰；屈身 |
| The other girl leaned forward to hear what was going on. 另一位女孩俯身过来想听一听发生了什么事。 |
| I leaned over her shoulder to study the maps spread out on the table. 我俯下身从她的肩头仔细看地图。 |
| Bigelow leaned across the desk and lowered his voice. 毕戈罗俯在桌上，压低了声音。 |
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| 2 | I to stand or be set at an angle against something for support instead of being upright 倾斜；倚靠；斜靠 |
| Two of the walls lean slightly inwards. 其中的两堵墙稍稍向内倾斜。 |
| +against Corey leaned against the apple tree. 科里斜靠在苹果树上。 |
| +on He walked in, leaning heavily on a cane. 他拄着拐杖吃力地走了进来。 |
| | 2a | T to put something at an angle against something for support , or be put against something in this way 使（某物）倾斜；靠置（某物） | | lean sth against sth John leaned his rake against the side of the barn. 约翰把耙子靠在谷仓边上。 | |
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| 3 | I +towards/to/in favour of to tend to choose or support something 有（选择或支持某事物的）倾向 |
| She is leaning towards supporting military action. 她倾向于支持采取军事行动。 |
| The board of directors is leaning in favour of supporting the merger. 董事会倾向于支持合并。 |
| lean in the direction of sth The decision to increase the budget hasn’ t been made, but the committee is leaning in that direction. 委员会尚未作出增加预算的决定，但有那样的打算。 |
| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˈlean on |
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| 1 | lean on sb: to depend on someone 依靠（某人） | Everybody needs someone to lean on in times of trouble. 每个人身处困境时都需要有个人来依靠。 | |
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| 2 | lean on sth: to press the horn of a car in a determined way 用力按（汽车喇叭等） | The taxi driver was waiting out front, leaning on the horn. 出租车司机一边在前面等着，一边用力按着喇叭。 | |
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| 3 | lean on sb: informal to put pressure on someone to make them do or say something （对某人）施加压力（以令其做或说出某事） | The Prime Minister’ s been leaning pretty heavily on her to resign. 首相一直在对她施加重压，迫她辞职。 | |
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