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单词 shelve
释义
shelve
verb
uk
/ʃelv/us
/ʃelv/

shelveverb(DELAY)

[T]
to not takeactionon something until alatertime:
推迟处理，搁置
I've had to shelve myplanstobuya newcar, because I can'taffordit at themoment.我不得不推迟买新车的计划，因为目前我还买不起。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Delaying and wasting time
  • ado
  • busywork
  • buy timeidiom
  • carry
  • carrysomethingover
  • dally
  • inefficiency
  • inefficiently
  • kick
  • kicksomethinginto the long grassidiom
  • kick the can down the roadidiom
  • push
  • retard
  • retardation
  • setsomeoneback(something)
  • sit
  • sit onsomething
  • slow roll
  • spin
  • stall
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shelveverb(SHELF)

[T]
to put something onto shelves, or tofixshelvessomewhere
把…放在架子上；给…装上架子
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Building: carpentry & joinery
  • beading
  • bevel
  • bevelled
  • cabinetmaker
  • carpenter
  • fretsaw
  • gimlet
  • intarsia
  • jigsaw
  • joinery
  • mitre
  • panel
  • plane
  • prime
  • sand
  • sandpaper
  • sawdust
  • season
  • seasoned
  • tenon
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Placing and positioning an object

shelveverb(SLOPE)

[I]geologyspecialized
When asurfacesuch as thebottomof theseashelves, itslopesdowngradually:
（海底等平面）逐渐倾斜
Theseabedshelvesgentlyfor several hundredmetres.海床在几百米内逐渐倾斜。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Slanting, sloping, leaning, tilting
  • acclivity
  • angle
  • angled
  • askew
  • bank
  • cocked
  • lopsided
  • obliquely
  • pitch
  • pitched
  • raked
  • roll
  • skew
  • slanted
  • slope
  • steep
  • steepen
  • tilt
  • tip(something/someone)over
  • tippy
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(Definition ofshelvefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

shelve| American Dictionary

shelve
verb[T]
us
/ʃelv/

shelveverb[T](PUT ON SHELF)

to put something on ashelfor shelves:
Would you shelve thesebookswhile Iunpacktherest?

shelveverb[T](DELAY)

todelayactionon something:
I shelvedplanstobuya newcar, because I can’tafforditrightnow.
(Definition ofshelvefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

shelve| Business English

shelve
verb[T]
uk
/ʃelv/us
todecidetostopworkingon aplan,idea, etc. until alatertime:
Financialproblemshaveforcedthecompanyto shelvetheirexpansionplans.
Publicpressureledto adecisionto shelve theproject.
(Definition ofshelvefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofshelve

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Furthermore, shelving under a single heading all women who express anger disregards their individuality and capacity for expressing a plurality of emotions.
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Many projects have been stalled or shelved completely owing to a lack of good images.
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The works would usually tick over satisfactorily66 in his absence but all new problems were shelved and the rebellious took the opportunity to prepare their grievances.
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The arguments over manpower could be shelved.
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Finally, provider motivation is relevant not only at the time when contract tenders and quality standards are specified, after which the matter can be quietly shelved until contract renewal.
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Throughout the whole space the light is spread evenly, with even a reader standing in front of the shelving casting no significant shadows onto the books.
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Money is shelved, or red tape hinders recipients of subsidies from spending the money properly and effectively.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
They were two problems that were shelved because they were complicated.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I hope this question is not going to be shelved.
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In an office, if there is an epidemic of illness work can be shelved.
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In such circumstances, what hope is there of shelving self-determination?
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Why are many to be shelved, as they will be, often indefinitely?
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We regard this problem as one which cannot and should not be shelved.
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The shale miners, with admirable common-sense agreed, and shelved the matter for the time being.
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We thought that that plan had been shelved 18 months ago.
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