shy away from

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To avoid out of fear or caution.
    — The Conan O’Brien-penned half-hour has the capacity to rip our collective hearts out the way the cute, funny bad girl next door does to Bart when she reveals that her new boyfriend is Jimbo Jones, but the show keeps shying away from genuine emotion in favor of jokes that, while overwhelmingly funny, detract from the poignancy and the emotional intimacy of the episode.

词形变化

shies away from present,singular,third-person shying away from participle,present shied away from participle,past shied away from past
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