shirk

英 [ʃɜːk]

美 [ʃɜːrk]

v.  逃避(工作); 偷懒

现在分词：shirking　过去分词：shirked　过去式：shirked　第三人称单数：shirks　

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BNC.20032 / COCA.21863

牛津词典

verb

• 逃避（工作）；偷懒
  to avoid doing sth you should do, especially because you are too lazy
  1. Discipline in the company was strict and no one shirked.
     公司有严格的纪律，没有人偷懒。
  2. A determined burglar will not shirk from breaking a window to gain entry.
     一个决计要下手的窃贼会不惜破窗而入。
  3. She never shirked her responsibilities.
     她从不逃避自己的职责。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 逃避，规避(责任、义务);偷懒
  If someone does notshirktheir responsibility or duty, they do what they have a responsibility to do.
  1. We in the Congress can't shirk our responsibility...
     我们作为国会议员不能逃避责任。
  2. The Government will not shirk from considering the need for further action.
     政府不会回避考虑采取进一步行动的需要。

英英释义

verb

• avoid dealing with
  1. She shirks her duties
• avoid (one's assigned duties)
  1. The derelict soldier shirked his duties
  Synonym:fiddleshrink fromgoldbrick

双语例句

• I didn't shirk my duties. I visited the sick and I preached the gospel.
  我没有逃避职责，我探望病人，也宣讲福音。
• Some people shirk responsibilities and someone break their long-term silence just for winning more profit.
  一些人逃避责任，还有一些人为了获得更多的利益也打破了自己长期的沉默。
• As a place to give students knowledge and to teach them how to be a good person, the university should not shirk its duties to students even if they are legally responsible for themselves.
  即使学生能够在法律上为自己负责，作为一个能给予学生知识和教育学生成长为一个好人的场所学校不应当逃避自已的职责。
• But the school is always looking for an excuse to shirk responsibility.
  但是学校也总是找借口推卸责任。
• Not to shirk responsibility.
  不推卸责任。
• Don't shirk your responsibilities, don't pass the buck, don't hurt anyone ( there's a chance you may).
  不要逃避你的责任，不要推卸责任，不要伤害任何人（你也许会有这样的机会）。
• I am looking forward to the future, but I have no reasons to shirk my today-duty.
  我憧憬未来，但我没有任何理由逃避今天的责任。
• She advocates that females shall learn to shirk off trifles and dedicate their interests to some serious issues.
  女性应学会超脱个人繁琐小事，把兴趣放到严肃事情上。
• Future generations will judge us by what we do, or fail to do: whether we lay the foundations for a sound future, or shirk our responsibility and acquiesce in decline.
  我们的后代会依据我们的所作所为或不作为对我们做出评价：无论我们是奠定了一个可靠的未来，还是逃避责任、听任欧洲的衰落。
• Too much responsibility is devolved to local governments that usually try hard to shirk it.
  当地政府总是想方设法地要推卸掉下放给他们的过多责任。