vt. 1.变动;改变;搬移;移动;转移;变换;替换;更换。 2.推卸;转嫁。 3.消除;撤除。 4.【语言学】变换(语音)。 5.〔方言〕换(衣);使换衣服 6.〔汽车〕变(速);换(排挡)。 7. 〔英口〕出售,卖。 短语和例子 shift all the blame on others 把一切错误归于别人。 vi. 1.变;移;动;(风)改变方向;漂移。 2.想种种办法;筹划;策划;设法。 3.瞒骗;强辩;托词闪避。 4.挣生活;糊口。 5.〔口语〕走开。 6.【机械工程】变速;调挡。 7.【语言学】辅音变换。 8.〔方言〕换衣服。 短语和例子 shift about 搬来搬去;屡变位置。 shift for oneself 独立谋生。 shift off 拖延;消除;整顿;逃避;推托(责任等);(用借口等)把…打发走。 shift oneself 换衣服 (=shift one's clothes)。 shift one's ground 改变论据[立场]。 n. 1.变迁;变化;变换;替换;更换;掉换;更易;转移;代用。 2.谋划;办法;计划;手段;权宜之计。 3.哄骗;欺诈。 4.班;轮[换]班;轮值。 5.轮班职工。 6. 轮值时间;轮班工作时间。 7.〔古语〕女汗衫。 8.【农业】轮作;轮作农作物;轮作的农地。 9.【矿物】断层;断层变位;平移。 10.【语言学】辅音变换。 11.〔方言〕换衣服;(常更换的)衬衣。 12.〔足球〕开赛前球员阵势的变动。 13.(堆砖瓦的)互接法。 14.汽车排挡。 短语和例子 the shift of responsibility 责任的转嫁。 an eight-hour shift 八小时的工作班。 work in three shifts of eight hours 每班八小时分三班轮流工作。 the day-shift 日班。 make a shift 设法过活,应付;将就使用,凑合用;尽量争取做到。 the night- shift 夜班。 be put [reduced] to the shifts 被逼得走投无路。 for a shift 出于权宜之计;将就地;为眼前打算。 full of shifts and devices 足智多谋。 live by shift(s) 东拼西凑过日子。 make (a) shift 1. 拼拼凑凑过日子。 2. 尽力设法利用[应付] (with) 安于某事物;(没有…也)勉强对付过去 (without)。 3. 尽力做到〔与不定式连用〕。 one's (or the ) last shift 最后的手段[办法]。 shift of crops 轮作。 the shifts and changes of life (人生的)祸福荣枯。 try every shift available 想尽办法。
the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election" 同义词:switch, switching,
the act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class" 同义词:shifting,
a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist 同义词:chemise, sack,
a woman''s sleeveless undergarment 同义词:chemise, shimmy, slip, teddy,
the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters 同义词:shift key,
a qualitative change 同义词:transformation, transmutation,
an event in which something is displaced without rotation 同义词:displacement,
a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
(geology) a crack in the earth''s crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth''s crust" 同义词:fault, faulting, geological fault, fracture, break,
the time period during which you are at work 同义词:work shift, duty period,
make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched" 同义词:switch, change over,
move and exchange for another; "shift the date for our class reunion"
lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes" 同义词:switch, change,
change gears; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill"
move from one setting or context to another; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one''s attention"
change in quality; "His tone shifted"
change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change; "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"
use a shift key on a keyboard; "She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case"
move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left" 同义词:lurch, pitch,
change place or direction; "Shift one''s position" 同义词:dislodge, reposition,
move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control" 同义词:careen, wobble, tilt,
move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat" 同义词:stir, budge, agitate,
move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket" 同义词:transfer,
Shift generally means to change (position).
例句与用法
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You have to shift down to climb steep hills . 为了爬陡坡你得换低挡。
2.
Under reagan, the shift is explicit . 里根执政以后的变化是明显的。
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Now i don't want to shift the blame on any one . 现在我不想推罪于别人。
4.
She had deliberately shifted our relations . 她故意地改变了我们的关系。
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He made shift to scramble up its sides . 他设法从它边上爬上去。
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Our factory operates round the clock on three shifts . 我们厂日夜三班倒。
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He's old enough to shift for himself . 他年纪不小了,可以自己料理生活了。
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This chapter shifts from the parts to the whole . 本章将从局部转移到整体。
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From now on we'll shift to the third drop . 从现在起,我们改用第三密藏点。
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Lord mountdrago's eyes shifted a little . 芒德内哥勋爵的眼睛有点躲躲闪闪。