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shrug (obj)FrQgv-gg- to raise (your shoulders) and then lower them in order to express a lack of knowledge, certainty, interest or care耸耸肩"Where's Dad?" "How should I know?" replied my brother, shrugging his shoulders. [T]“爸爸在哪儿？”“我怎么知道？”我弟弟耸耸肩，回答道。He shrugged his shoulders as if to say that there was nothing he could do about it. [T]他耸了耸肩，好像是说他对此无能为力。(fig.) Thousands of people are starving to death while the world shrugs its shoulders (= does nothing to help). [T]成千上万的人正在被饿死，而世人却只是耸耸肩而已（什么都不做）。"I feel sorry for homeless people, but what can I do to help them?" said Chris, shrugging. [I]“我为无家可归的人感到难过，但我如何能帮助他们呢？”克里斯说着，耸了耸肩。If you shrug off/aside something or shrug something off/aside, you treat it as if it is not important or not a problem.不屑一顾，对…不予理睬The stock market shrugged off the economic gloom and rose by 15%.股票市场对经济不景气不予理睬，上升了15%。There's no point telling her she's doing it wrong because she just shrugs off criticism.告诉她做错了没用，因为她对批评不屑一顾。You're a father and you can't simply shrug off your responsibility for your children.你是个父亲，对孩子应担负的责任你不能置之不理。If you shrug off something or shrug something off, you get rid of something that you do not want.除去I hope I manage to shrug off this cold before I go on holiday.在去度假之前，我希望能摆脱感冒。The city is trying to shrug off its industrial image and promote itself as a tourist centre.该市正试图摆脱工业城形象，使自己成为一个旅游中心。
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