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Shifting Word Describe Moving Regularly 英 ʃɪftɪŋ] 美 ʃɪftɪŋ

英语单词 shifting
英美音标 英 [ʃɪftɪŋ] 美 [ʃɪftɪŋ]
中文释义 n.转移
adj.不断改换的
动词shift的现在分词.
英语例句 (1) After that, it could start shifting production back home.
(2) If not,they should lose no time in shifting elsewhere.
中文例句 (1) 此后,该公司可能开始把生产转移至本土。
(2) 如果不能,他们就迅速地转移到另一方向去。
vocabulary简明 The word shifting describes something that is taking a new direction either physically or in thought. If you’ve recently decided that the earth may be round, you are shifting from a flat-Earth viewpoint to a round-Earth one.
vocabulary扩展 Shifting can be used in several senses, but the constant in all of them is change and movement. For example, shifting can describe moving earth: it is usually a bad idea to build your house on a plot of shifting land. The word can also refer to something that is regularly changing: Your friend whose favorite music regularly alternates from heavy metal to jazz to Chinese opera? She has a shifting taste in music.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ 形容词]See also:
shift
不断移动的;流动的 Shifting is used to describe something which is made up of parts that are continuously moving and changing position in relation to other parts.
  [ADJ n]
  • ...the shifting sand beneath their feet...

    他们脚下的流沙

  • The Croatian town of Ilok is a classic case of shifting populations.

    伊洛卡的克罗地亚小镇就是人口不停流动的典型例子。

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