shift

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【释义】：

vt．❶ 换，更，代替：shift the clothes换衣服．shift the scenes换布景．❷ 移动，转移，改变：shift the target转移目标．shift a pole from one shoulder to the other把扁担从一个肩膀换到另一个肩膀．Intellectuals must shift their stand to the side of the proletariat．知识分子必须把自己的立足点移到无产阶级方面来．shift one’s ground转变立场，改变论据．❸ 转嫁，推诿：shift the blame(on)to someone else嫁祸于人．Don’t try to shift the responsibility on to others．不要企图把责任推给别人．

－vi．❶ 变，移动：The situation shifted．形势变了．The wind has shifted to the north．风向转北了．He shifted from one seat to another．他从一个座位换到另一个座位．shift about移居各处，屡变位置．❷ 设法，筹划：I must shift as I can．我只好尽量想办法．shift for以…代替：A piece of string was made to shift for a latch on the door．用一根绳子代替门上的插销．❸ 谋生：shift for oneself自行谋生．

△shift off 】)走开：The boy was told to shift off．人家要这个男孩子走开．2)推卸：shift off the responsibility推卸责任．

－n．❶ 转变，移动，代替：a shift of wind风向转变．I heard the sound of his shift of weight．我听到他移动重物的声音．❷ 班，轮班： on the day(night) shift 值日(夜)班．work in three shifts三班制．❸ 方法，手段，权宜之计：make shift 设法，尽量想办法：He inust make shift without help．在得不到帮助的情况下他必须尽量想办法．When she first came here，she could speak no English；now she can make shift to speak it a little．她初到这里时不会说英语，现在勉强能说两句．shift·less a．无能力做事的，生活不好的，无求生能力的．