1 V-ERG (使)移动;(使)挪动;(使)转移 If you
shift something or if it
shifts, it moves slightly.
(使)移动;(使)挪动;(使)转移 -
He stopped, shifting his cane to his left hand. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
他停了下来,将手杖移到左手。
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He shifted from foot to foot. [VERB prep./adv.]
他从一只脚换到另一只脚。
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The entire pile shifted and slid, thumping onto the floor. [VERB]
那整整一摞东西动了一下后滑落下来,嘭的一声全掉到了地上。
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...the squeak of his boots in the snow as he shifted his weight. [VERB noun]
他挪动身体时靴子在雪地里发出的吱吱声
2 V-ERG (意见、情况、政策)有所变动,稍作改变;使发生些许变化 If someone's opinion, a situation, or a policy
shifts or
is shifted, it changes slightly.
(意见、情况、政策)有所变动,稍作改变;使发生些许变化 [Also V adv] 3 VERB 推卸,推诿,转嫁(责任) If someone
shifts the responsibility or blame for something onto you, they unfairly make you responsible or make people blame you for it, instead of them.
推卸,推诿,转嫁(责任) [disapproval] -
It was a vain attempt to shift the responsibility for the murder to somebody else. [VERB noun prep.]
试图将谋杀的罪责转嫁给他人是徒劳的。
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Their husbands try to shift the blame by accusing them of having 'suspicious minds'. [VERB noun]
她们的丈夫指责她们“疑心太重”,试图以此来推诿责任。
4 VERB 销售,出售(滞销商品) If a shop or company
shifts goods, they sell goods that are difficult to sell.
销售,出售(滞销商品) [British] 5 VERB 换(车挡);变(车速) If you
shift gears in a car, you put the car into a different gear.
换(车挡);变(车速) [US] in BRIT, use 英国英语用 change
6 N-COUNT [oft n NOUN] 轮班;当班时间;轮班职工 If a group of factory workers, nurses, or other people work
shifts, they work for a set period before being replaced by another group, so that there is always a group working. Each of these set periods is called a
shift. You can also use
shift to refer to a group of workers who work together on a particular shift.
轮班;当班时间;轮班职工 -
His father worked shifts in a steel mill.
他父亲是一家炼钢厂的轮班工人。
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...workers coming home from the afternoon shift.
上完下午班回家的工人们
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The night shift should have been safely down the mine long ago.
上夜班的矿工应该早就安全地到达井下了。
Word Partnership | Use shift with: |
N. | shift your weight 1 shift your position 1 2 shift your attention, shift in focus, policy shift, shift in/of power, shift in priorities 2 shift blame 3 shift gears 5 shift change, night shift 6 |
ADJ. | dramatic shift, major shift, significant shift 2 |
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