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Shun Ned Shunned Means Deliberately Avoid Group Word

英语单词 shun
英美音标 英 [ʃʌn] 美 [ʃʌn]
中文释义 v.避开;回避;避免
英语例句 (1) They shun personal fame and gains.
(2) This recluse shunned all company.
(3) Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it.
(4) He shunned meeting any of his friends.
中文例句 (1) 他们不计个人名利。
(2) 这位隐士不与任何人来往。
(3) 智者热爱真理,愚者回避真理。
(4) 他避免与他的任何朋友碰面。
vocabulary简明 If you purposely stay away from someone, you shun that person. A sensitive baker may ask why you are shunning her cookies.
vocabulary扩展 Although the verb shun means to deliberately avoid anything, it has a specific meaning in certain groups and communities. In this case, it means to ostracize or expel from that group or community. The Amish, for example, may shun members of their order who repeatedly ignore the beliefs and rules of Amish society. The word may also be used in more casual group settings. After many attempts at being polite, you and your friends began to shun the obnoxious woman who never let you get a word in edgewise.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]刻意避开;有意回避 If you shun someone or something, you deliberately avoid them or keep away from them.
  [V n]
  • From that time forward everybody shunned him...

    从那时候起,每个人都有意回避他。

  • He has always shunned publicity...

    他一直有意避开媒体的关注。

  • This extremist organization has shunned conventional politics.

    这个极端主义组织有意避开了传统政治。

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