shrink from something phrasal verbphr v AVOIDto avoid doing something difficult or unpleasant 避免做,不做〔困难或不愉快的事〕 The leadership too often shrinks from hard decisions. 领导层常常回避作困难的决定。
shrink from doing something We will not shrink from making the necessary changes in policy. 我们不会回避对政策作出必要的修改。
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