英語(yǔ)六級(jí)攻克閱讀關(guān)鍵句303. The legislators lean toward letting busin

303. The legislators lean toward letting business people track our financial habits virtually at will.

譯文　立法者實(shí)際上傾向于讓商業(yè)人士任意跟蹤我們的金融消費(fèi)習(xí)慣。

點(diǎn)睛　本句的主干是The legislators lean toward...。其中，letting business...virtually at will為現(xiàn)在分詞短語(yǔ)作lean toward的賓語(yǔ)。

lean toward在句中意為“傾向于”，本義指“向前傾”。如：

The old man leaned forward to listen better. 老人傾身向前，以便能聽(tīng)清楚些。

track意為“跟蹤，追蹤”。如：

It's difficult to track an animal in the big snow. 要在大雪中追蹤獵物是很困難的。

virtually意為“實(shí)際上，事實(shí)上”。如：

He is so busy that he virtually lives in his office. 他忙得簡(jiǎn)直是住在自己的辦公室里了。

at will意為“任意，隨意”，相當(dāng)于“at one's disposal”。如：

According the Law of Labour, no company can fire workers at will / at their disposal. 根據(jù)勞動(dòng)法，公司不可以任意解雇工人。

考點(diǎn)歸納　與lean相關(guān)的短語(yǔ)還有：

lean on意為“靠在……上；依靠”。如：

Betty felt very tired, so she leaned on her boyfriend. 貝蒂覺(jué)得很累，于是靠在她男朋友身上。

We lean on our friends when we are in trouble. 我們遇到困難時(shí)依靠朋友幫助。

lean over意為“傾身，彎下身子”。如：

The trees leaned over in the strong wind. 樹木被大風(fēng)吹得傾斜了。

lean back意為“向后傾斜，后仰”。如：

Please don't lean your chair back. You'll break it. 請(qǐng)不要坐在椅子上往后仰，你會(huì)把椅子弄壞的。

lean to意為“傾向，偏向”。如：

I lean to the group approach. 我贊成集體探討方法。

My nephew's handwriting leans to the left. 我侄子寫字向左歪。

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