lean

1. （身体）倾斜，倾侧
When you lean in a particular direction, you bend your body in that direction.

e.g. Eileen leaned across and opened the passenger door...
艾琳倾身把后座门打开。
e.g. He leaned forward to give her a kiss...
他前倾吻了她一下。

2. （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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

3. （壮健而）清瘦的
If you describe someone as lean, you mean that they are thin but look strong and healthy.

lean

e.g. 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。
e.g. She watched the tall, lean figure step into the car.
她看着那个瘦高个儿上了车。

4. （肉）瘦的
If meat is lean, it does not have very much fat.

e.g. It is a beautiful meat, very lean and tender.
这块肉很好，又瘦又嫩。
e.g. ...the leanest ground beef you can get.
买得到的最瘦的碎牛肉

5. （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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. ...cutting corporate flab and building leaner companies.
削减企业赘肉，建立瘦身型公司

6. 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.

e.g. ...the lean years of the 1930s...
萧条的20世纪30年代
e.g. 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 onlean towards

1. 瘦肉：在谈到企业在激烈的市场竞争中如何提高生产管理效率和生存能力时,杨教授瘦肉(Lean)理论引起满堂大笑. 在谈到供应链的核心精髓时,杨教授特别强调同步(Synchronization)概念. 现代化的市场竞争,已经不单单是企业与企业之间的竞争,

2. 倾向：S:面对(Squarely)求助者. O:开放(Open)的姿势L:将上身倾向(Lean)求助者E:保持良好的目光(Eye)接触R:在上述行为中力图做到相对地放松(Relaxed)或自然而然