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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)移动;(使)挪动;(使)转移 If you
shift something or if it
shifts, it moves slightly.
[V n prep/adv]
[V prep/adv]
[V]
[V n]
He stopped, shifting his cane to his left hand...
他停了下来,将手杖移到左手。
He shifted from foot to foot...
他从一只脚换到另一只脚。
The entire pile shifted and slid, thumping onto the floor.
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.
他挪动身体时靴子在雪地里发出的吱吱声
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](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.
[V]
[be V-ed prep/adv]
[Also V adv]
[usu N prep]
Attitudes to mental illness have shifted in recent years...
最近几年对精神病的态度已有所改变。
The emphasis should be shifted more towards Parliament.
重点应更多地转向议会。
Shift is also a noun.3
[VERB 动词]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.
[V n prep]
[V n]
[disapproval]
It was a vain attempt to shift the responsibility for the murder to somebody else...
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'.
她们的丈夫指责她们“疑心太重”,试图以此来推诿责任。
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[VERB 动词]销售,出售(滞销商品) If a shop or company
shifts goods, they sell goods that are difficult to sell.
Some suppliers were selling at a loss to shift stock.
一些供应商赔本销售存货。
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[VERB 动词]换(车挡);变(车速) If you
shift gears in a car, you put the car into a different gear.
in BRIT, use 英国英语用 change
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]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.
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。