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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They were shying beans to the chickens.
  他们朝着鸡群撒豆子。
• 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。
• 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）。
• 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。
• 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。