大家好,小华来为大家解答以上问题。shy什么意思,shy的两个常用意思很多人还不知道,现在让我们一起来看看吧!
shy什么意思(shy的两个常用意思)
在今天的视频会议上,我们一起讨论了一个proposal (提议,提案),其中有这样一句话:
Although the immigrant population represents just shy of 6% of the region's population, it is nonetheless...
翻译:尽管移民人口占该地区人口不足6%, 但它仍然是......
这句话中的shy是什么意思?
shy 是个形容词,常见意思是“胆怯的,腼腆的,怕生的”,大家对这些意思都比较熟悉。
然而,在上面这个句子中,shy 却有不同的含义。我们一起看看shy的其它常用意思吧。
欠缺,不足,未达到,不够英文释义:
slightly less than, slightly earlier than, or a short distance from something, short of
用法:
不用于名词前 [not before noun],常和of 搭配使用,(be) shy (of sth)
例句:
He died before Christmas, only a month shy of his 90th birthday.
他在圣诞节前去世了,仅差一个月就满90岁。
She wasone week shy ofher twentieth birthday when she got married. 她结婚时离二十岁生日还有一个星期。
We are stilltwo players shy(of a full team). 我们还缺两名队员(凑成一支队)。
...a high-school dropout [ˈdrɒpaʊt] (辍学者, 退学者) rate justshy of55%. 几近55%的中学辍学率
That is a big improvement, and justshy ofthe record in 2018. 这是一大进步,只比2018年的创纪录差一点。
躲避的,不喜欢…的英文释义:avoiding or not liking the thing mentioned
用法:常用来构成合成词 (compounds)
例子:
camera-shy= not liking to be photographed, unwilling or afraid to be photographed or filmed. 不爱照相的, 不愿或害怕被拍照
work-shy躲避工作的,偷懒的
He's always been work-shy. 他总是偷懒。
work-shy 的近义词
最后,和大家分享一个谚语。
Once bitten, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳
英文释义:
after an unpleasant experience, you are careful to avoid sth similar
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