shift /ʃɪft/ CET4 TEM4 ( shifting, shifted, shifts )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I If you shift something or if it shifts, it moves slightly. 稍微移动

  例：

  He stopped, shifting his cane to his left hand.

  他停下来，把手杖移到左手。

  例：

  He shifted from foot to foot.

  他从一只脚换到另一只脚。

• 2. 

  V-T/V-I If someone's opinion, a situation, or a policy shifts or is shifted, it changes slightly. 稍微改变

  例：

  Attitudes to mental illness have shifted in recent years.

  对精神病的态度近年来已稍微有所改变。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT Shift is also a noun. 稍微改变 [usu N prep]

  例：

  ...a shift in government policy.

  …政府政策的些许改变。

• 4. 

  V-T If someone shifts the responsibility or blame for something onto you, they unfairly make you responsible or make people blame you for it, instead of them. 推卸; 转嫁 [表不满]

  例：

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

  把这项谋杀的罪责转嫁于他人是徒劳之举。

• 5. 

  V-T If you shift gears in a car, you put the car into a different gear. 换 (挡) [美国英语]

• 6. 

  N-COUNT If a group of factory workers, nurses, or other people work shifts, they work for a set period before being replaced by another group, so that there is always a group working. Each of these set periods is called a shift. You can also use shift to refer to a group of workers who work together on a particular shift. 轮班

  例：

  His father worked shifts in a steel mill.

  他的父亲在一家钢铁厂轮班工作。