| 单词 | shyly |
|---|---|
| 音标 | 英[ʃaɪlɪ] 美[ˈʃaɪlɪ] |
| 解释 | adv.羞怯地,胆怯地,小心地; |
| 例句 | ADJ-GRADED 害羞的;腼腆的;怕生的 A shy person is nervous and uncomfortable in the company of other people. 例:She was a shy, quiet-spoken girl...她是个害羞、说话轻声细语的女孩。 例:She was a shy and retiring person off-stage...她在现实生活中是个腼腆而且不善社交的人。 ADJ-GRADED 犹豫的;不情愿的;害怕的;有所顾忌的 If you are shy of doing something, you are unwilling to do it because you are afraid of what might happen. 例:You should not be shy of having your say in the running of the school.在管理学校方面,你应该毫无顾忌地发表你的意见。 VERB (马)惊走,惊退 When a horse shies, it moves away suddenly, because something has frightened it. 例:Llewelyn's stallion shied as the wind sent sparks flying.风一吹来,火星四溅,卢埃林的种马惊跳起来。 PHRASE 一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳;一回吃亏两回学乖 You say 'once bitten, twice shy' when you want to indicate that someone will not do something a second time because they had a bad experience the first time they did it. PHRASE 竭力避开;尽量避免 If you fight shy of something, you try very hard to avoid it. 例:It is no use fighting shy of publicity and then complaining when sponsors pass us by...一边对做宣传避之不及,一边又抱怨赞助人与我们擦身而过,这样做是没有用的。 例:Until now television had fought shy of covering by-elections.迄今为止电视台一直竭力避免报道补缺选举。 PREP-PHRASE 未达到;欠缺;不足;不够 A number or amount that is just shy of another number or amount is just under it. 例:...a high-school dropout rate just shy of 53%...几近53%的中学辍学率 例:He died two days shy of his 95th birthday.他在离 95 岁寿辰仅差两天时去世了。 |
| 变形 | noun:shyness~adj:shy~ |
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