shifts

美 [ʃɪfts]英 [ʃɪfts]
  • v.转移;变换;变动;挪动;更替;快速移动;赶快
  • n.转移;改变;转换;变换;班;轮班;轮班工作时间;轮班职工
  • shift的第三人称单数和复数
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  • 1
    V-ERG (使)移动;(使)挪动;(使)转移
    If you shift something or if it shifts, it moves slightly.

    He stopped, shifting his cane to his left hand...

    他停了下来,将手杖移到左手。

  • 2
    V-ERG (意见、情况、政策)有所变动,稍作改变;使发生些许变化
    If someone's opinion, a situation, or a policy shifts or is shifted, it changes slightly.

    Attitudes to mental illness have shifted in recent years...

    最近几年对精神病的态度已有所改变。

  • 3
    VERB 推卸,推诿,转嫁(责任)
    If someone shifts the responsibility or blame for something onto you, they unfairly make you responsible or make people blame you for it, instead of them.

    It was a vain attempt to shift the responsibility for the murder to somebody else...

    试图将谋杀的罪责转嫁给他人是徒劳的。

  • 4
    VERB 销售,出售(滞销商品)
    If a shop or company shifts goods, they sell goods that are difficult to sell.

    Some suppliers were selling at a loss to shift stock.

    一些供应商赔本销售存货。

  • 5
    VERB 换(车挡);变(车速)
    If you shift gears in a car, you put the car into a different gear.

  • 7
    N-COUNT 轮班;当班时间;轮班职工
    If a group of factory workers, nurses, or other people work shifts, they work for a set period before being replaced by another group, so that there is always a group working. Each of these set periods is called a shift. You can also use shift to refer to a group of workers who work together on a particular shift.

    His father worked shifts in a steel mill.

    他父亲是一家炼钢厂的轮班工人。

  • 8
    See also:shifting

  1. Where does Germany think offsetting shifts into greater external deficits might occur ?

    在德国看来,这么大的外部赤字应该转移到哪里

  2. It is a discomfiting historical fact that great power shifts in the global economy are dangerous .

    一个令人不安的历史事实是:全球经济中的重大权力转移是危险的

  3. We need to shift the focus of this debate .

    我们需要转换一下辩论的焦点。

  4. You 're going to have to shift for yourself from now on .

    从今以后,你就得独自谋生了。

  5. Have you been able to switch your shift with anyone ?

    你找着能跟你调班的人了吗?

  6. There has been a shift of emphasis from manufacturing to service industries .

    重点已经从制造业向服务行业转移。

  7. Could you help me shift some furniture ?

    你能帮我挪几件家具吗?

  8. We rotate the night shift so no one has to do it all the time .

    我们轮流值夜班,这样就不会有人总是夜班了。

  9. They cut prices drastically to try and shift stock .

    他们大幅度降价,试图销出存货。

  10. I work split shifts in a busy restaurant .

    我在一家繁忙的餐馆上间隔班。

  11. He tried to shift the blame for his mistakes onto his colleagues .

    他自己犯了错误,却试图把责任推给同事。

  12. They see the shift to the right as a worldwide phenomenon .

    他们认为政治上的右翼倾向是一个世界现象。

  13. The first change is a matter of degree , the second is a fundamental shift

    第一个改变只是程度上的变化,而第二个则是根本性的转变。

  14. Some suppliers were selling at a loss to shift stock .

    一些供应商赔本销售存货。

  15. The night shift should have been safely down the mine long ago .

    上夜班的矿工应该早就安全地到达井下了。

  16. His father worked shifts in a steel mill .

    他父亲是一家炼钢厂的轮班工人。

  17. There 's been a dramatic shift away from traditional careers towards business and commerce .

    从传统职业转向商贸领域的巨大转变已然发生了。

  18. We observe a striking shift away from a labor theory among all mainline economists

    我们发现在主流经济学家中间出现了一种偏离劳动理论的显著变化。

  19. Security staff did not then receive any briefing before they started each shift .

    保安人员当时开始轮岗前没有收到任何指示。

  20. I have never seen such a seismic shift in public opinion in such a short period of time .

    我从未见过公众舆论在如此短的时间内发生如此巨大的转变。

  21. Firms are trying to shift the balance of power in the labour market back in their favour .

    各公司正在试图让劳动力市场的均势向有利于自己的方向倾斜。

  22. The hall porter was feeling hard done by at having to extend his shift .

    酒店行李搬运工因为被迫延长当班时间而愤愤不平。

  23. The result reflects a modest rightward shift in opinion .

    结果显示舆论出现一定程度的右倾。

  24. Their success does not necessarily reflect a leftward shift in politics .

    他们的成功并不一定表示政治气候转向亲左。

  25. One source predicts no major shift in policy will be forthcoming at the committee hearings .

    一位消息人士预测委员会听证会不会在政策上作出重大转变。

  26. There has been a shift from smokestack industries into high-tech ones .

    产业结构已由烟囱工业转向了高科技产业。

  27. It was a vain attempt to shift the responsibility for the murder to somebody else

    试图将谋杀的罪责转嫁给他人是徒劳的。

  28. Overcrowding is so bad that prisoners have to sleep in shifts , while others have to stand .

    过度拥挤的现象十分严重,囚犯们不得不轮流睡觉,其他人则只能站着。

  29. Their husbands try to shift the blame by accusing them of having ' suspicious minds ' .

    她们的丈夫指责她们“疑心太重”,试图以此来推诿责任。

  30. Tory-bashing or Labour-bashing will not be enough to shift bored , suspicious voters .

    抨击保守党或工党并不足以改变那些心生厌倦、心存怀疑的选民的态度。