英语释义

1. to avoid deliberately and especially habitually
shuns publicity

2. to avoid (someone or something)

3. to avoid purposely or by habit
He shunned noisy places.

英汉例句

• When Lowe sought escape from these nightmares by acting in plays, classmates shunned him as 「an acting fag.」

  当劳通过表演找到了这些梦魇的出口时，同学们躲避他像在躲避一个「跑龙套的」。

• They photograph shops or goods that fail to make the grade, and post pictures online with detailed and withering criticism; the offender may then be shunned by other buyers.

  她们拿相机拍下未达标的店铺和食品，并把照片贴到网上，而且还逐条加上严厉的批评。那些违规者自然会被其它买家所回避。

• In places where a widow「s status is linked to her husband, she may find herself suddenly shunned and isolated.

  在寡妇的地位与丈夫紧密相联的地方，寡妇可能发现人们突然躲避她，她陷入孤立无援的境地。

• Later shunned by a number of Arab states, partly on the basis of his views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Gaddafi」s foreign policy focus shifted from the Arab world to Africa.

  之后许多的阿拉伯国家对其敬而远之，部分原因就是由于他对巴以沖突的观点，而卡扎菲的外交政策的焦点从阿拉伯世界转向了非洲。

• Warora townsfolk, who had shunned the ashram in its early years, had learnt to buy its vegetables and drink its milk without fear of contagion.

  瓦洛拉镇的居民们，以前一直避开这个修炼道场，现在也开始购买这里的蔬菜以及饮用这里的牛奶而不害怕感染。

• There are more unique types now, and what used to be a shunned job is now considered cool.

  而现在有更多独特的类型，过去避讳的职业也变得让人觉得相当的酷。

• One reason why markets eventually shunned Greece, Portugal and Ireland was the uncertainty about how far their debts might rise.

  市场最终避开希腊、葡萄牙和爱尔兰的一个理由在于对其债务的可能上升速度不确定。

• Then down the hill, where she had briefly pushed a pram with other mothers who now shunned her.

  接着朝山下跑去，在那里她跟别的做母亲的推过几天婴儿车，那些人现在都回避她。

• He was so worried he would be ostracised and shunned for this by God-fearing Americans that he actually set a publication date of 2406 for those sections.

  史密斯说，「因为他实在是太担心会被敬畏上帝的美国人排斥和抛弃，这就是他为这部分设定出版日期为2406年的原因。」

• All major religious leaders, including the Catholic archbishop of Paris, Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois, also shunned the discussion.

  包括巴黎枢机主教(罗马天主教中仅次于教宗或称教皇的职位，俗称红衣主教，译者注)andreVingt - Trois在内的各大宗教领袖也都对这个问题避而不谈。

• On weekdays, the marmosets steered clear of the roar of traffic, and on Sundays they shunned the clamor of visiting crowds.

  工作日的时候，这些狨猴避开嘈杂的交通，星期天的时候它们就会避开喧闹的游客。

• Equities were shunned in favour of alternatives such as government bonds (in the first half of the century) and property and commodities (in the inflationary second half).

  人们都避开股票而转向其他投资，比如国债(20世纪上半叶的主要选择)，地产和日用品(由于20世纪下半叶严重的通货膨胀而成为人们的首选)。

• Meanwhile, the report shows that foreign investors shunned U.S. corporate and agency bonds and pared back purchases of Treasury bonds and notes.

  与此同时，报告显示，外国投资者避开美国公司债券和机构债券，转而买进长期美国国债和票据。

• In the agricultural heart of Vietnam, farmers and their wives face HIV often alone, shunned by their communities.

  在越南的农业中心地区，由于羞于见人，农民及其妻子通常独自面对艾滋病。

• The purchase represents a change in strategy for BMW, which heretofore has shunned financial ties with suppliers and points to its increased use in future BMWs.

  这标志着宝马做出了战略性的变革，因为宝马过去一向避免与供应商通过财务关系捆绑在一起，同时说明宝马未来会加大对碳纤维的使用。

• Chinese consumers favour chicken wings and feet, parts of the bird that are usually shunned in the us, which means they can fetch prices 20 times higher in the Chinese market.

  中国消费者喜爱鸡翅和鸡爪，而鸡的这些部位在美国通常是无人敢碰的，这意味着它们在中国市场可以卖到20倍于本土市场的价格。

• Meanwhile, modern women shunned farm life, lured away by jobs and adventure in the city.

  同时，受到城市中工作和冒险的吸引，现代女性离开了农场生活。

• This will require a new international airport; the current one, at Paro,is shunned by every national carrier except Bhutan's because of its terrifyinghilly approach.

  这需要一个新的国际机场；现在机场在帕罗，但是除了不丹所有国家航空公司都因为它被群山环绕太过危险而避开它。

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shake摇动；哆嗦

shirk推卸；逃避