shied

英 [ʃaɪd] 美 [ʃaɪd]

v.  被吓退; 被惊走
shy的过去分词和过去式

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  1. ADJ-GRADED 害羞的;腼腆的;怕生的
    A shy person 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。
  2. 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.
    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。
  3. VERB (马)惊走，惊退
    When a horse shies, 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。
  4. 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.
    1. PHRASE 竭力避开;尽量避免
      If you fight shy of something, 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。
    2. 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.
      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。
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    双语例句

    1. If you've shied away from making pancakes in the past, don't be put off — there's really nothing in it!
      如果你过去不敢做烤薄饼的话，现在别迟疑了，真是一点儿都不费事！
    2. 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。
    3. The horse shied.
      马惊了。
    4. The animal shied the moment it began to see things.
      牲口一眼离就惊了。
    5. Major financial media have shied away from fully addressing this reality.
      主流金融媒体并未充分反映这一现实。
    6. The once lucrative high yield market went virtually silent as investors shied away from risky credit instruments.
      由于投资者回避高风险信贷工具，一度获利丰厚的高收益率市场几无声息。
    7. Meanwhile, Colombian diplomats say Chinese state-owned groups have shied away from directly competing in large infrastructure tenders.
      同时，哥伦比亚外交官表示，中国国有企业已避开了对大型基建项目招标竞争的直接参与。
    8. I shied away from the subject because it felt belittling to my efforts to admit that some ─ a lot?
      我回避这个问题，是因为这感觉就像贬低我的努力，承认我的某些&许多？
    9. People said they mainly shied away from telling the truth to avoid hurting other people's feelings.
      人们说他们说谎的主要目的是为了避免说真话伤害他人的感情。
    10. But was there any substance to the reforms that the headline-writers shied away from?
      但标题作者们所回避改革问题是否有实质进展么？
    11. The horse started to trot and suddenly shied as the white man threw up his hand.
      这马刚刚走步，因那白人伸手一拦，便又突然愣住了。
    12. They seemed to be numerous, for she shied at every shadow on the road.
      幻象似乎频频出现，因为她每见了路上一个黑影都要吓得倒退。
    13. The horse shied and we were all spilt into the ditch.
      马惊跳起采，把我们全都摔落沟中。
    14. The little girl shied in fright at the horrible movie scene.
      小女孩看到可怕的电影镜头时，吓得畏缩。
    15. They shied away from buying the house when they learnt the full price.
      知道这所房子顶高的价钱，他们不买了。
    16. Washington has also shied away from cautioning Beijing against attempts to change the territorial status quo forcibly.
      华盛顿方面还避免就中方强行改变领土现状的企图发出警告。
    17. The boy shied a stone at the dog.
      男孩向狗扔了一块石头。
    18. All the others were talking and laughing happily while she shied away from being the centre of attention.
      所有其他的人都在谈笑风生，而她却避免成为注意的中心。
    19. I've never shied away from hard work.
      我从不在困难的工作前退缩。
    20. Hedge funds, like money market funds, have therefore shied away from an exposure to bank debt.
      因此，对冲基金，如货币市场基金，不愿持有银行债务敞口。
    21. He shied away abruptly from the reflection of her contorted face and went along the street.
      他突然躲开那张变形的脸，沿街走了起来。
    22. He has shied us lately.
      他近来对我们不理睬了。
    23. She shied away from meeting his eyes.
      她羞怯地避开他的双眼。
    24. Her appointed companion did not pretend to escort her: he shied off by the roadside, and vanished.
      她那被指定陪她的伴侣并没装出护送她的样子：他畏怯地走向路边，溜掉了。
    25. She has shied us ltely.
      她最近对我们不理睬。
    26. He was shied away from personal revelations in interviews and writings.
      他在谈话和文章中也避而不谈自己的经历。
    27. I've always shied away from close friendships.
      我总是避免与人深交。
    28. Supporting brands will call for big advertsing budgets, something the industry has never shied from.
      打造品牌意味着大规模的广告预算，而这一点是护肤品行业从不厌恶的。
    29. Many companies from China and India have shied away from us listings due to concerns over stringent regulatory and reporting requirements under Sarbanes Oxley legislation.
      由于对《萨班斯-奥克斯利法》（sarbanes-oxley）严格的监管和报告要求心存忧虑，许多中国和印度公司选择不在美国上市。
    30. The boys shied away from our questions.
      男孩们回避了我们的问题。
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