shying

英 [ˈʃaɪɪŋ]

美 [ˈʃaɪɪŋ]

v.  被吓退; 被惊走
shy的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 害羞的;腼腆的;怕生的
  Ashyperson is nervous and uncomfortable in the company of other people.
  1. She was a shy, quiet-spoken girl...
     她是个害羞、说话轻声细语的女孩。
  2. 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。
  3. He is painfully shy of women.
     他见到女人就十分害羞。
• ADJ-GRADED 犹豫的;不情愿的;害怕的;有所顾忌的
  If you areshy ofdoing something, you are unwilling to do it because you are afraid of what might happen.
  1. 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 horseshies, it moves away suddenly, because something has frightened it.
  1. 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。
• 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 youfight shy ofsomething, you try very hard to avoid it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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 justshy ofanother number or amount is just under it.
  1. ...a high-school dropout rate just shy of 53%...
     几近53％的中学辍学率
  2. He died two days shy of his 95th birthday.
     他在离 95 岁寿辰仅差两天时去世了。

双语例句

• Evidently he thought that I was shying away from the "gonnegtion." mentioned at lunch, but I assured him he was wrong.
  显然他以为我讨厌中饭时候提到的那种“关系”，但我告诉他他搞错了。
• James Moloney manages to tackle this important issue in a very sensitive manner, without shying away from making some fairly strong statements.
  本书作者詹姆士莫宁以敏锐的方法来处理如此敏感的议题。而且他并不畏惧精准且有力的来陈述事实。
• The White House is shying away from an overt lobbying effort to thwart the Iraq resolutions, as it might do more harm than good.
  白宫对阻止伊拉克增兵计划的决议不敢公开游说，因为这只会使事情变得更糟而不是更好。
• They found that while men and women were equally academically able, a significant number of women were shying away from jobs in sectors such as banking and management consultancy fearing they would not be successful at them.
  他们发现，当男性和女性在学业上同等优异时，很大一部分女性却会因为畏惧而放弃银行和管理咨询这些领域的工作，因为她们害怕自己无法胜任。
• Investors are shying away from some loans being offered to finance leveraged buy-outs.
  投资者也不那么热衷于向金融杠杆买入提供贷款。
• With the advent of neo-evangelicalism, however, so-called "evangelical" Bible scholars are shying away from emphasizing the inspiration and doctrinal unity of Scripture.
  可是，随著所谓新福音派的兴起，很多《圣经》学者不再在他们的书中强调《圣经》的默示和《圣经》教义的合一性（统一性）。
• I recommend shying away from recurring meetings. Everything you do with an hour should be a conscious decision.
  建议避免经常开会。因为所有要花费一小时去做的事情都应当是一个合理的决定。
• The youths were shying rocks at the police.
  那些青年在向警察扔石头。
• Do you notice those boys shying rocks at passing cars? They could cause an accident.
  你注意到那些男孩子向过路的小车乱丢石头吗？他们会造成交通事故的。
• Companies cannot be blamed for shying away from nuclear projects if gas power looks faster, cheaper and more profitable.
  如果天然气更便捷、更廉价、利润也更大的话，人们就不该责怪企业纷纷远离核项目。