shies

英 [ʃaɪz]

美 [ʃaɪz]

v.  被吓退; 被惊走
shy的第三人称单数和复数

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

• In fact, he shies away from making the precise-to-the-decimal-point predictions that many other economists thrive on.
  实际上，他并不喜欢进行精确的经济预测，而不少其他经济学家却借此发迹。
• Though he typically shies away from company earnings calls, Steve Jobs took the mic on Tuesday to announce that Apple is now the third-largest mobile phone supplier in the world.
  尽管他还是一如既往地在回避公司盈利的相关问题，但是史蒂夫·乔布斯在周二的对外新闻发布中称，苹果现在已经是世界上第三大手机供应商。
• He does not come near to touching the main point, but shies away into side issues.
  他不去触及要点，却扯到枝节问题上去了。
• It all fits into a pattern, they say, of a leader who shies away from necessary conflict, refuses to understand the intransigence of his enemies, would rather split differences than make a firm stand and lacks the courage of his own convictions.
  这与他们所说的如下模式一模一样：领导人不愿作必要的斗争，不愿去了解对手的不妥协性，情愿选择折中方案，而不是坚定立场，没有勇气做自己认为对的事。
• Yet he shies away from the idea of supplanting the CCTV gala.
  不过他回避要取代央视春晚的说法。
• We are a small team, it never shies away from the moment of the small, but no doubt the future success of the cause of passion and dedication inspire us to continue to move forward.
  我们是一支中型团队，所以从不回避当下的渺小，但也不怀疑将来的成就，对事业热情与执着激励我们不断向前。
• And yet another part of you shies away from the confrontation. Don't be frightened of going ahead, as this will pave the way for something special.
  你回避了一部分的对抗，不要害怕前行，这将为一些特殊事件铺路。
• The cells in question are a specially grown type of "slime mould" that naturally shies away from light.
  本文所谈到的细胞，是一种天生回避光线的黏菌的成熟型态。
• He took a few good-natured shies at his opponents.
  他对他的对手并无恶意地嘲讽了几句。
• He always paints ships against a background of stormy shies.
  他常画暴风雨中的船舶。