英汉词典

shift 基本解释

• n. 移动；变化；手段；轮班
• vi. 移动；转变；转换
• vt. 转移；改变；替换

shift 词态变化

shift 中文词源

来自古英语 sciftan,分开，隔开，安排，布置，来自 Proto-Germanic*skiftan,分开，来自 PIE*skei, 分开，词源同 shed,sheath,science.引申词义安排，转移，转换。

shift 英文词源

shift

shift: [OE] Old English sciftan meant ‘arrange’ (it came from a prehistoric Germanic base *skip-, which also produced German schichten ‘arrange in layers, pile up’, and traces of its original meaning survive in make-shift [16], denoting something arranged or contrived for lack of anything better). Its modern meaning ‘move’ emerged in the 14th century, via an intermediate ‘change’. The notion of ‘change’ underlies the use of the noun shift for ‘woman’s slip’, which evolved from an earlier ‘change of clothing’, and also its use for a ‘particular working period’, marked by a ‘change’ of workers at beginning and end.

shift (v.)

Old English sciftan, scyftan "arrange, place, order," also "divide, partition; distribute, allot, share," from Proto-Germanic *skiftan (cognates: Old Norse skipta "to divide, change, separate," Old Frisian skifta "to decide, determine, test," Dutch schiften "to divide, turn," German schichten "to classify," Schicht "shift"). This is said to be related to the source of Old English sceadan "divide, separate," (see shed (v.)).

c. 1200 as "to dispose; make ready; set in order, control," also intransitive, "take care of oneself." From c. 1300 as "to go, move, depart; move (someone or something), transport." Sense of "to alter, to change" appeared mid-13c. (compare shiftless). Meaning "change the gear setting of an engine" is from 1910; to shift gears in the figurative sense is from 1961. Related: Shifted; shifting.

shift (n.1)

c. 1300, "a movement, a beginning," from shift (v.). This is the word in to make shift "make efforts" (mid-15c.). Sense of "change, alteration" is from 1560s. Sense of "means to an end" is from 1520s; hence "an expedient." Meaning "mechanism for changing gear in a motor vehicle" is recorded from 1914. Typewriter shift key is from 1893; shift-lock is from 1899.

Meaning "period of working time" (originally in a mine) is attested from 1809, with older sense "relay of horses" (1708); perhaps with sense influenced by a North Sea Germanic cognate word (such as North Frisian skeft "division, stratum," skaft "one of successive parties of workmen"). Similar double senses of "division" and "relay of workers" exist in Swedish skift, German schicht.

shift (n.2)

"body garment, underclothing," 1590s, originally used alike of men's and women's pieces, probably from shift (n.1), which was commonly used in reference to a change of clothes. In 17c., it began to be used as a euphemism for smock, and was itself displaced, for similar reasons of delicacy, in 19c. by chemise.

shift 词组搭配

shift 英文释义

1. an event in which something is displaced without rotation

2. a qualitative change

3. the time period during which you are at work

4. the act of changing one thing or position for another;

"his switch on abortion cost him the election"

5. the act of moving from one place to another;

"his constant shifting disrupted the class"

6. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other;

"they built it right over a geological fault"

7. a group of workers who work for a specific period of time

8. a woman's sleeveless undergarment

9. a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist

shift 同义词解析

move, shift, transfer, remove

这些动词均可表示"从一处移往另一处"之意。

move： 普通用词，指从一处到另一外的任何距离的转移。

shift： 侧重位置与方向的改变。

transfer： 一般表示转送或移交迁移，尤指交通运输中的换乘或职务的调动等。

remove： 作"移动"解时，与move可换用，还可指撤职或开除学藉等。

shift 双语例句

1. The result reflects a modest rightward shift in opinion.

结果显示舆论出现一定程度的右倾。

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2. The night shift should have been safely down the mine long ago.

上夜班的矿工应该早就安全地到达井下了。

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3. Their success does not necessarily reflect a leftward shift in politics.

他们的成功并不一定表示政治气候转向亲左。

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4. Tory-bashing or Labour-bashing will not be enough to shift bored, suspicious voters.

抨击保守党或工党并不足以改变那些心生厌倦、心存怀疑的选民的态度。

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5. The timbers groan and creak and the floorboards shift.

这些木头在吱吱嘎嘎作响，木地板有些摇晃。

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shift 实用场景例句

The action of the novel shifts from Paris to London.

小说情节从巴黎移到了伦敦。

牛津词典

Lydia shifted uncomfortably in her chair.

莉迪亚在椅子上不安地动来动去。

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He shifted his gaze from the child to her.

他把目光从孩子身上移到她身上。

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Could you help me shift some furniture?

你能帮我挪几件家具吗？

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She shifted her weight from one foot to the other.

她把身体的重量从一只脚换到另一只脚上。

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Public attitudes towards marriage have shifted over the past 50 years.

50年来，公众对婚姻的态度已经改变。

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The balance of power shifted away from workers towards employers.

力量均势从工人向雇主倾斜。

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We need to shift the focus of this debate.

我们需要转换一下辩论的焦点。

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The new policy shifted the emphasis away from fighting inflation.

新政策不再把重点放在抑制通货膨胀上。

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He tried to shift the blame for his mistakes onto his colleagues.

他自己犯了错误，却试图把责任推给同事。

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a detergent that shifts even the most stubborn stains

能去除极顽固的污渍的洗涤剂

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They cut prices drastically to try and shift stock.

他们大幅度降价，试图销出存货。

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to shift into second gear

换成二挡

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You're going to have to shift for yourself from now on.

从今以后，你就得独自谋生了。

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a dramatic shift in public opinion

公众舆论的急剧变化

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a shift of emphasis

重点的转移

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to be on the day/night shift at the factory

在工厂上日班 / 夜班

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to work an eight-hour shift

按每班八小时轮班工作

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working in shifts

轮班工作

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shift workers/work

轮班工作的工人；轮班作业

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The night shift has/have just come off duty.

上夜班的刚刚下班。

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He stopped, shifting his cane to his left hand...

他停了下来，将手杖移到左手。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He shifted from foot to foot...

他从一只脚换到另一只脚。

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Attitudes to mental illness have shifted in recent years...

最近几年对精神病的态度已有所改变。

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The emphasis should be shifted more towards Parliament.

重点应更多地转向议会。

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It was a vain attempt to shift the responsibility for the murder to somebody else...

试图将谋杀的罪责转嫁给他人是徒劳的。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Their husbands try to shift the blame by accusing them of having 'suspicious minds'.

她们的丈夫指责她们“疑心太重”，试图以此来推诿责任。

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Some suppliers were selling at a loss to shift stock.

一些供应商赔本销售存货。

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His father worked shifts in a steel mill.

他父亲是一家炼钢厂的轮班工人。

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...workers coming home from the afternoon shift...

上完下午班回家的工人们

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