slant

verb

/slɑːnt/

/slænt/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they slant	/slɑːnt/ /slænt/
he / she / it slants	/slɑːnts/ /slænts/
past simple slanted	/ˈslɑːntɪd/ /ˈslæntɪd/
past participle slanted	/ˈslɑːntɪd/ /ˈslæntɪd/
-ing form slanting	/ˈslɑːntɪŋ/ /ˈslæntɪŋ/

[intransitive, transitive] to slope or to make something slope in a particular direction or at a particular angle（使）倾斜，歪斜
- + adv./prep. (literary) The sun slanted through the window.太阳斜照进窗户。
- slant something + adv./prep. Slant your skis a little more to the left.把滑雪板略微向左斜一点。
[transitive] slant something (+ adv./prep.) (sometimes disapproving) to present information based on a particular way of thinking, especially in an unfair way有倾向性地陈述；有偏向地报道
- The findings of the report had been slanted in favour of the manufacturers.报告中的调查结果偏袒制造商。
Topics Opinion and argumentc2

词源late Middle English: variant of dialect slent, of Scandinavian origin, probably influenced by aslant.

slant

noun

/slɑːnt/

/slænt/

a sloping position倾斜；歪斜；斜线；斜面
- Her chin took on a stubborn slant.她的下巴固执地歪着。
- at a slant The sofa faced the fire at a slant.沙发斜对着壁炉。
- They held their spears at a slant.他们斜持着长矛。
- on the slant Cut the flower stems on the slant.把花茎斜着切断。
Collocations Dictionary
preposition
- at a slant
slant (on something/somebody) a way of thinking about something, especially one that shows support for a particular opinion or point of view（有倾向性的）观点，态度
- She put a new slant on the play.她对那出戏提出了一种新的见解。
- Her book looks at his writings from a feminist slant.她的书从女权主义的角度看待他的作品。
- He puts his own particular slant on everything.他对任何事都加入自己的那种看法。
- That's a different slant on the causes of the First World War.那是对于第一次世界大战起因的不同看法。
- The story gives a new slant to his character.这个故事从新的角度描绘了他的性格。
- The story has a definite liberal slant to it.这则报道有明显的自由主义倾向。
- an article with a right-wing slant带有右翼观点的文章
- the overall slant of newspaper coverage of the campaign报界对这次活动报道的总体态度
Topics Opinion and argumentc2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- different
- modern
- new
- …
verb + slant
- give something
- have
- put
- …
preposition
- with a…slant
- slant on
- slant to
- …
phrases
- a/somebody’s slant on things

词源late Middle English: variant of dialect slent, of Scandinavian origin, probably influenced by aslant.