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shift v.移动；改变；换挡；字型转换n.轮班；变化；移动；计谋；轮班职工 (1) 我们每次转弯，汽车行李箱里的工具就来回动。(2) 你拐角时要换挡变速。(3) 他们轮流做夜班。(4) 这个意外引起了公众舆论的急剧变化。(5) 21世纪,人口开始渐渐由乡村向市镇转移。(6) 作为权宜之计，他用塑料袋把漏洞给包上了。 What makes a shift different from, say, a change is that it implies some kind of movement; a sense that the thing that you're shifting is still the same thing, just moving in a different direction. For example, when you shift gears in a car you're simply moving from one gear to another. If you shift your focus, you're still focused, but the focus has moved. If the government shifts its policy, that policy, while different, is still a policy.

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英 [ʃɪft] 美 [ʃɪft] (1) The tools shift around in the car boot every time we turn a corner.(2) You have to shift as you drive around the corner.(3) They were taking turns to be on the night shift.(4) This accident caused a dramatic shift in public opinion.(5) The 21st century has been seeing a gradual shift of people from the country to the town.(6) As a temporary shift, he covered up the leak with a plastic bag. Shift the verb and shift the noun are very similar in meaning. A shift is a change in something or an adjustment in the way something is done. You can either make a shift (that's the noun), or you can just shift (that's the verb). 1[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2[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....a shift in government policy.政府政策的微调...the shift in opinion away from the Prime Minister.和首相的意见有所不同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。4[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.   [BRIT 英]Some suppliers were selling at a loss to shift stock.一些供应商赔本销售存货。5[VERB 动词]换(车挡)；变(车速) If you shift gears in a car, you put the car into a different gear.   [AM 美]in BRIT, use 英国英语用 change6[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.   [oft n N]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。7See also:shifting；  相关词组：shift down shift up

英语单词	shift
英美音标	英 [ʃɪft] 美 [ʃɪft]
中文释义	v.移动；改变；换挡；字型转换 n.轮班；变化；移动；计谋；轮班职工
英语例句	(1) The tools shift around in the car boot every time we turn a corner. (2) You have to shift as you drive around the corner. (3) They were taking turns to be on the night shift. (4) This accident caused a dramatic shift in public opinion. (5) The 21st century has been seeing a gradual shift of people from the country to the town. (6) As a temporary shift, he covered up the leak with a plastic bag.
中文例句	(1) 我们每次转弯，汽车行李箱里的工具就来回动。 (2) 你拐角时要换挡变速。 (3) 他们轮流做夜班。 (4) 这个意外引起了公众舆论的急剧变化。 (5) 21世纪,人口开始渐渐由乡村向市镇转移。 (6) 作为权宜之计，他用塑料袋把漏洞给包上了。
vocabulary简明	Shift the verb and shift the noun are very similar in meaning. A shift is a change in something or an adjustment in the way something is done. You can either make a shift (that's the noun), or you can just shift (that's the verb).
vocabulary扩展	What makes a shift different from, say, a change is that it implies some kind of movement; a sense that the thing that you're shifting is still the same thing, just moving in a different direction. For example, when you shift gears in a car you're simply moving from one gear to another. If you shift your focus, you're still focused, but the focus has moved. If the government shifts its policy, that policy, while different, is still a policy.
柯林斯解释	1 [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 2 [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. ...a shift in government policy. 政府政策的微调 ...the shift in opinion away from the Prime Minister. 和首相的意见有所不同 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。 4 [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. [BRIT 英] Some suppliers were selling at a loss to shift stock. 一些供应商赔本销售存货。 5 [VERB 动词]换(车挡)；变(车速) If you shift gears in a car, you put the car into a different gear. [AM 美] in BRIT, use 英国英语用 change 6 [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. [oft n N] 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。 7 See also:shifting ；相关词组： shift down shift up

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