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。

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

他从一只脚换到另一只脚。

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。

...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

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

最近几年对精神病的态度已有所改变。

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

重点应更多地转向议会。

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。

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。

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

一些供应商赔本销售存货。

His father worked shifts in a steel mill.

他父亲是一家炼钢厂的轮班工人。

...workers coming home from the afternoon shift.

上完下午班回家的工人们

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。