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。
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[VERB 动词]（身体）倾斜，倾侧 When you lean in a particular direction, you bend your body in that direction.
[V adv/prep]
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。
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[VERB 动词]（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.
[V adv]
[V n adv/prep]
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。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（壮健而）清瘦的 If you describe someone as lean, you mean that they are thin but look strong and healthy.
[approval]
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。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（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
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（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
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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.
[usu ADJ n]
...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
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leanleansleanedleantleaningverb★(leaned,leaned)(BrE alsoleant,leant/lent; NAmElent/)1★[intransitive ](+ adv./prep.)to bend or move from a vertical position 前俯；后仰；倾斜◆I leaned back in my chair.我仰靠在椅背上。◆The tower is leaning dangerously.那座塔越来越斜，很危险。◆A man was leaning out of the window.一个人正探身窗外。2★[intransitive ]to rest on or against sth for support 倚靠；靠在；靠置leanagainst sth ◆A shovel was leaning against the wall.一把铁铲靠墙放着。leanon sth ◆She walked slowly, leaning on her son's arm.她倚靠着她儿子的手臂缓慢行走。3★[transitive ]leansth against/on sth to make sth rest against sth in a sloping position 使斜靠◆Can I lean my bike against the wall?我能把自行车靠在这墙上吗？IDIOMsee
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PHRASAL VERBSˈlean on sb/sth1to depend on sb/sth for help and support 依靠，依赖（…的帮助和支持）SYN
rely on
◆He leans heavily on his family.他在很大程度上依赖他的家庭。2to try to influence sb by threatening them 对…施加压力；威胁；恐吓◆The government has been leaning on the TV company not to broadcast the show.政府一直给电视公司施加压力，不准播放此节目。ˈlean to/towards/toward sthto have a tendency to prefer sth, especially a particular opinion or interest 倾向，偏向（尤指某意见或利益）◆The UK leant towards the US proposal.英国倾向于美国的提案。adjective(lean·er,lean·est)1( usually approving) (of people, especially men, or animals 人，尤指男人或动物)without much flesh; thin and fit 肉少的；瘦且健康的◆a lean, muscular body清瘦而肌肉发达的身体◆He was tall, lean and handsome.他长得瘦高而英俊。2(of meat 肉)containing little or no fat 脂肪少的；无脂肪的3[usually before noun ](of a period of time 一段时间)difficult and not producing much money, food, etc. 难以赚钱的；生产不出（食物等）的；贫乏的◆a lean period/spell不景气时期◆The company recovered well after going through several lean years.经历了几年的萧条后，这家公司的业务才完全恢复了正常。4(of organizations, etc. 机构等)strong and efficient because the number of employees has been reduced 精干的；效率高的◆The changes made the company leaner and more competitive.改革使公司更精干，更有竞争力。▶lean·ness/ˈliːnnəs; NAmEˈliːnnəs/noun[uncountable ]noun[uncountable ]the part of meat that has little or no fat 瘦肉lean/liːn; NAmEliːn/leant/lent; NAmElent/lean·ness/ˈliːnnəs; NAmEˈliːnnəs/
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leanlean1 /liːn/ ●●○S3 verb (past tense and past participle leaned or leant /lent/ especially British English)
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1[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to move or bend your body in a particular directionlean forward/back/over etc They were leaning forward, facing each other. Lean back and enjoy the ride. She leant towards him and listened.2[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to support yourself in a sloping position against a wall or other surfacelean against/on He was leaning on the bridge, watching the boats go by.3[intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition] to put something in a sloping position where it is supported, or to be in that positionlean (something) against/on something A huge mirror was leaning against the wall. He leant his bicycle against the fence.4[intransitive] to slope or bend from an upright position: trees leaning in the windlean on phrasal verb1to depend on someone for support and encouragement, especially at a difficult time: The couple lean on each other for support.2informal to try to influence someone, especially by threatening them: He won’t pay unless you lean on him.lean towards phrasal verbto tend to support, or begin to support, a particular set of opinions, beliefs etc: Canada, the UK and Japan leant towards the US view.
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1thin in a healthy and attractive way: He was lean, tall, and muscular.► see thesaurus at
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2lean meat does not have much fat on itOPP fatty3a lean organization, company etc uses only as much money and as many people as it needs, so that nothing is wasted4a lean period is a very difficult time because there is not enough money, business etc: His wife was a source of constant support during the lean years.—leanness noun [uncountable]