He stopped, shifting his cane to his left hand. [VERB noun prep./adv.]

他停了下來，將手杖移到左手。

He shifted from foot to foot. [VERB prep./adv.]

他從一只腳換到另一只腳。

The entire pile shifted and slid, thumping onto the floor. [VERB]

那整整一摞東西動了一下後滑落下來，嘭的一聲全掉到了地上。

...the squeak of his boots in the snow as he shifted his weight. [VERB noun]

他挪動身體時靴子在雪地裏發出的吱吱聲

Attitudes to mental illness have shifted in recent years. [VERB]

最近幾年對精神病的態度已有所改變。

The emphasis should be shifted more towards Parliament. [be VERB-ed prep./adv.]

重點應更多地轉向議會。

It was a vain attempt to shift the responsibility for the murder to somebody else. [VERB noun prep.]

試圖將謀殺的罪責轉嫁給他人是徒勞的。

Their husbands try to shift the blame by accusing them of having 'suspicious minds'. [VERB noun]

她們的丈夫指責她們“疑心太重”，試圖以此來推诿責任。

Some suppliers were selling at a loss to shift stock. [VERB noun]

一些供應商賠本銷售存貨。

His father worked shifts in a steel mill.

他父親是一家煉鋼廠的輪班工人。

...workers coming home from the afternoon shift.

上完下午班回家的工人們

The night shift should have been safely down the mine long ago.

上夜班的礦工應該早就安全地到達井下了。