shying

英 [ˈʃaɪɪŋ] 美 [ˈʃaɪɪŋ]

v.  被吓退; 被惊走
shy的现在分词

柯林斯词典

  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. Next time you find yourself considering ( and perhaps shying away from) a multithreaded application design, you may want to turn instead to the JCSP library.
      下次您会发现，在您自己考虑（也可能要在躲避）多线程应用程序设计时，您可能想转而采用JCSP库。
    2. 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。
    3. 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。
    4. He thinks some people, especially younger investors, have'overlearned'the lesson of2008 and therefore are shying away from the stock market too much.
      他认为，一些人（特别是较年轻的投资者）因2008年的教训而矫枉过正，远远避开了股市。
    5. 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。
    6. 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。
    7. The youths were shying rocks at the police.
      那些青年在向警察扔石头。
    8. In addition, the companies are shying away from developing China-specific drugs because of the country's lack of adequate patent protection.
      此外，这些公司回避开发中国专用的药物，也是因为这个国家缺乏足够的专利保护。
    9. 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。
    10. Two small boys were shying stones at a tree.
      两个小男孩正在向一棵树扔石头。
    11. His mind, as though shying away from something, seemed unable to concentrate.
      他的脑子有些想要躲开什么似的不能集中思考。
    12. Yet it seems that actors at tonight's ceremony – who include British stars Helen Mirren, Colin Firth and Carey Mulligan – have been shying away from accepting the lavish giveaways.
      不过，似乎今晚仪式上的演员们包括英国女星海伦米伦，科林福斯和凯瑞‧穆里根，已经不好意思接受这麽奢侈的礼物了。
    13. And labour-market reforms are not all that he is shying away from.
      他也不那么避讳谈及劳动力市场的改革。
    14. Companies in the US raised more money through deals involving private placements than initial public offerings last year, demonstrating how issuers are increasingly shying away from the scrutiny and expense of the US public market.
      美国公司去年通过私募交易筹集的资金超过了首次公开发行（ipo）的筹资额，这表明，越来越多发行股票的公司正在规避美国公开市场的严格审查和高额成本。
    15. They are shying away from the full skirts, fur collars and bright colours of years past in favour of conservative yet original clothes.
      她们避开前几年流行的长裙、毛领和明亮的色彩，偏向传统而独创的服饰。
    16. They were shying beans to the chickens.
      他们朝着鸡群撒豆子。
    17. 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。
    18. 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。
    19. 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。
    20. 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。
    21. 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。
    22. Possible reasons put forward for this shift in attitude include smaller companies enjoying a better relationship with their banks, and financial institutions shying away from making large loans and preferring to deal with local groups, rather than multinationals.
      这种态度转变的原因可能包括，小公司与有业务往来的银行关系更为紧密，并且金融机构不愿意发放大额贷款，同时更愿意与本国公司打交道，而不是跨国集团。
    23. 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。
    24. 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。
    25. 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。
    26. Until the Fed stepped in, new CP issuance had been virtually frozen as the banks and money market funds are shying away from non guaranteed credit.
      直到美联储介入之前，新的商业票据发行实际上已被冻结，因为银行和货币市场基金对非信贷保证票据纷纷回避。
    27. 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）。
    28. Cheating in exam, falsifying in resume, plagiarizing in their papers, breaching when graduating, shying away from their loans take place again and again, which has been paid highly attention by all circle of society.
      考试作弊、简历造假、论文抄袭、毕业违约、借贷不还等现象屡禁不绝，引起了社会各界的高度重视。
    29. Psychology was once allowed to take its course by means of breaking away, giving up, shying away from or going beyond the cultural existence, but now it has to develop itself by taking in, illustrating, exploring or manifesting the cultural existence.
      心理学曾经靠摆脱、放弃、回避或超越文化的存在来发展自己，但心理学现在必须靠容纳、揭示、探讨或体现文化的存在来发展自己。
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