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小词详解 | slant
slant 英 [slɑːnt] 美 [slænt]
When drawn for individual countries, charts of this kind tend to slant upwards (the rich gain more than the poor) or downwards.
如果是为某个国家单独绘制,这样的图表往往是斜向上行(富人所得增加高于穷人)或斜向下行。
——《经济学人》Toward the bottom of the pit, a decrepit four-story building slanted at a dangerous angle.
矿坑底部附近,一座四层楼高的破旧建筑以危险的角度倾斜着。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 向特定方向倾斜;从垂直或水平方向偏离或使之偏离
斜体字向右倾斜。
Italic writing slants to the right.落日的余晖透过狭窄的窗户斜射进来。
The vestigial rays of the declining sun slanted through the narrow window.
一位成员不同意这份报告,认为报告中的调查结果偏袒制造商。
One member dissented from the report, saying the findings of the report had been slanted in favour of the manufacturers.法院称媒体的报道倾向于袒护被告。
The court claimed that reports in the media were slanted towards the defendant.
一阵小雪斜斜地落下来。
A flurry of snow came down at a slant.一辆崭新的豪华轿车沿着车道缓缓驶来,停在一个斜坡上。
A pristine limousine oozed up the drive and parked on a slant.他说的话里没有任何蓄意捏造的成分。但他的思想显示出奇怪的偏向。
There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said. But his mind showed a curious slant.
“Maybe he wants to check on how you're doing?” suggested Hermione, as Harry unrolled the parchment; but rather than finding Dumbledore's long, narrow, slanted writing he saw an untidy sprawl, very difficult to read due to the presence of large blotches on the parchment where the ink had run.
“也许他想问问你进展如何。”赫敏猜测道,哈利打开纸卷。上面不是邓布利多那细长的斜体字,而是凌乱潦草的字迹,纸上还有大团墨渍,字迹很难辨认。
incline: lean or turn away from a given plane or direction, especially the vertical or horizontal tilt: move or cause to move into a sloping position cant: cause (something) to be in a slanting or oblique position; tilt