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单词 shirk
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shirk

verb
/ʃɜːk/
/ʃɜːrk/
[intransitive, transitive] (disapproving)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they shirk
/ʃɜːk/
/ʃɜːrk/
he / she / it shirks
/ʃɜːks/
/ʃɜːrks/
past simple shirked
/ʃɜːkt/
/ʃɜːrkt/
past participle shirked
/ʃɜːkt/
/ʃɜːrkt/
-ing form shirking
/ˈʃɜːkɪŋ/
/ˈʃɜːrkɪŋ/
  1. to avoid doing something you should do, especially because you are too lazy逃避(工作);躲懒
    • Discipline in the company was strict and no one shirked.公司有严格的纪律,没有人偷懒。
    • shirk from something/doing something A determined burglar will not shirk from breaking a window to gain entry.一个决计要下手的窃贼会不惜破窗而入。
    • shirk something/doing something She never shirked her responsibilities.她从不逃避自己的职责。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryShirk is used with these nouns as the object:
    • duty
    • responsibility
    Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘practise fraud or trickery’): from obsolete shirk ‘sponger’, perhaps from German Schurke ‘scoundrel’.
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