shirk

FREQ #39785

vi. 溜掉, 逃避, 推卸 vt. 逃避

发音

UK /ʃɜːk/
其它 /ʃɪɾk/
US /ʃɝk/

词形变化

shirks 复数 shirked shirkest shirketh shirking shirks 三单 shirks shirking 现在分词 shirked 过去式 shirked 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who shirks, who avoids a duty or responsibility.

  2. 1.

    The unforgivable sin of association (claiming something or someone can share in the oneness of God).

    不可数 宗教
v.
  1. 1.

    To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.

    逃避

    及物
  2. 2.

    To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.

    不及物

    If you have a job, don't shirk from it by staying off work.

    September 7, 1830, Lord Byron, letter to Mr. Murray One of the cities shirked from the league.

  3. 3.

    To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.

    及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

fiddle goldbrick

上位词 1

avoid

下位词 4

slack malinger scrimshank skulk

词源

First use appears c. 1633, in the publications of Shackerley Marmion, apparently from association with shark (verb), or otherwise directly from German Schurke (“rogue, knave”).

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