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| 1 | a period of work time in a factory , hospital , or other place where some people work during the day and some work at night 轮班工作时间 |
| a 12-hour shift 12小时轮班 |
| day/night/evening etc shift Rudolfo works the day shift. 鲁道夫上白班。 |
| | 1a | the people who work during a particular shift 轮班工作的人 | |
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| 2 | a change in something , for example in someone’ s ideas or opinions 改变；变化 |
| the government’ s latest major policy shift 政府最近的重大政策转变 |
| +in Companies were reacting too slowly to shifts in consumer demand. 公司对消费者需求的变化反应太迟缓。 |
| +towards There has been a recent shift towards involving more laypeople in decision making. 近来出现的变化趋势是，更多的非专业人士也开始参与决策。 |
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| 3 | a shift key on a computer keyboard （计算机键盘上的）Shift键，大小写转换键 |
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| 4 | a woman’ s dress that hangs down straight 直筒连衣裙 |
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