shift
[NOUN, VERB]
shifts
1. [C 可数名词] 稍微改变
A shift is a slight change in someone's opinion, a situation, or a policy.
近义词
双语例句
例：a shift in government policy.
政府政策的些许改变。
例：The migration towards technology as a service is a cultural shift.
将技术转移成服务是一种文化的改变。
2. [C 可数名词] 轮班
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.
双语例句
例：His father worked shifts in a steel mill.
他的父亲在一家钢铁厂上轮班。
NOUN. 名词
shifts , shifting , shifted
1. [I 不及物动词] 稍微移动
If you shift something or if it shifts, it moves slightly.
近义词
双语例句
例：He stopped, shifting his cane to his left hand.
他停下来，把手杖移到左手。
例：He shifted from foot to foot.
他从一只脚换到另一只脚。
例：Firefighters have been hampered by high temperatures and shifting winds.
消防员受到高温和风向的限制。
2. [I 不及物动词] 稍微改变
3. [T 及物动词] 推卸 , 转嫁
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.
双语例句
例：It was a vain attempt to shift the responsibility for the murder to somebody else.
把这项谋杀的罪责转嫁于他人是徒劳之举。
VERB. 动词
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