shy away from something

phrasal verbphr v AVOIDto avoid doing or dealing with something because you are not confident enough or you are worried or nervous about it 〔因缺乏信心、担心或紧张而〕回避，避开

They criticized the leadership, but shied away from a direct challenge.

他们批评领导层，但又不敢当面质疑。

Examples from the Corpus

shy away from • Checks around the state in recent months have confirmed that many prominent Democrats are shying away from a run against Quackenbush.• The wise politician tries to deliver what really grabs voters and shies away from complicated, long-range concepts that alarm and confuse.• Agencies without a clear-cut wartime role will shy away from conflicts.• Politicians shy away from hints that they may be complacent.• Kritzer, however, said most of the mainstream media are shying away from it.• Yet science has consistently shied away from the task.• These memories are still quite fresh, and Clevelanders do not shy away from them.

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单词	shy away from something
释义	shy away from something shy away from something phrasal verbphr v AVOIDto avoid doing or dealing with something because you are not confident enough or you are worried or nervous about it 〔因缺乏信心、担心或紧张而〕回避，避开 They criticized the leadership, but shied away from a direct challenge. 他们批评领导层，但又不敢当面质疑。 Examples from the Corpus shy away from • Checks around the state in recent months have confirmed that many prominent Democrats are shying away from a run against Quackenbush.• The wise politician tries to deliver what really grabs voters and shies away from complicated, long-range concepts that alarm and confuse.• Agencies without a clear-cut wartime role will shy away from conflicts.• Politicians shy away from hints that they may be complacent.• Kritzer, however, said most of the mainstream media are shying away from it.• Yet science has consistently shied away from the task.• These memories are still quite fresh, and Clevelanders do not shy away from them. → shy away from something at shy2(1)
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