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

• 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。
• The reports fuelled concerns that US consumers, hit by the housing market slump, rising petrol prices and an escalating credit crisis were shying away from the shops.
  这份报告令投资者担心，受住宅市场下滑、汽油价格不断上涨，以及信贷危机不断升级的影响，美国消费者的购物兴趣正在减弱。
• Bribery-reporting websites have been burgeoning over the weekend, allowing Internet users to share their experiences in giving bribes though shying away from revealing corrupt figures.
  只一个周末的时间，搜集行贿事件的网站犹如雨后春笋般纷纷登场。网民可以在此类网站上分享自己的行贿经历，但对受贿人的个人信息要避而不谈。
• Two small boys were shying stones at a tree.
  两个小男孩正在向一棵树扔石头。
• 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。
• 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）。
• Malaysian companies are probably shying away from Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan as they have little knowledge of the opportunities in these two countries.
  马来西亚公司很可能回避土库曼斯坦和乌兹别克斯坦因为他们所知甚少的机会在这两个国家。
• Rather than shying away from the boundary question which has been left over from history, we have agreed to advance the boundary negotiations.
  对历史遗留的边界问题，我们没有回避，一致同意继续推进边界问题谈判进程。
• Multinationals, particularly in Asia, are shying away from aggressive tax planning as tougher reporting requirements and a clampdown by tax authorities that started in the US spread to other parts of the world.
  跨国企业，特别是亚洲的跨国企业，目前纷纷规避激进的税收筹划，因为严格报告要求、由税务机关实施制裁的做法，已经从发源地美国扩散至世界其它地区。
• 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。