shying

常见例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语: ～+ n.

• Mary is a shy girl.
  玛丽是一个害羞的女孩。
• She gave him a shy smile.
  她对他羞答答地笑了笑。
• His low voice and shy look soon made him a favourite among his colleagues.
  他低低的嗓音和羞怯的表情很快使他成为受同事喜欢的人。
• This young scholar is of a shy modesty and excessive fear of offence which often obscured his real worth.
  这位年轻的学者有着一种近乎羞怯的谦逊和过分害怕冒犯人的本性,这些都掩盖了他的真正价值。
• Just before the night fell, there was a shy knock on the door.
  就在夜幕降临之前,传来一声轻轻的敲门声。

用作表语: S+be+～

• The little girl blazed shy.
  这个小女孩满脸的羞涩。
• Many of the 18 contestants were looking a little shy.
  那18位竞争者大多数看上去有点害羞。
• We're still two tickets shy.
  我们还差两张票。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

• Jack is shy with strangers and bold with people he knows well.
  杰克在陌生人面前怕羞,但和熟人在一起时则无拘无束。
• The dog is shy of strangers.
  这狗怕陌生人。
• She's shy of buying shares.
  她不敢买股票。
• The child was shy of telling the truth.
  那孩子怯于说真话。
• Don't be shy of telling us the truth.
  告诉我们真相,不要不好意思。
• He's always very shy of approaching his chief.
  他总是怯于接近他的长官。
• We have a lot of pens, but we're shy on ink.
  我们有许多钢笔,但墨水不够。
• We're still ten men shy of a full class.
  我们还少十个人才能凑成一个班。

S+be+too ～+to- v

• He was too shy to speak to her.
  他很怕羞,连话都不敢跟她说。

S+be+～+that-clause

• The Australian lyre-bird is so shy that even bushmen rarely see one.
  澳大利亚琴鸟很怯生,即使垦荒者亦难得一见。
• Why is the moon so shy that it never shows us the other side of its face?
  月亮为什么那么害羞,总不给我们看它的那半边脸?

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)

• The little colt shied at the fence and refused to jump over it.
  这匹小马驹到障碍物前会害怕,不敢跳过去。
• The horse shied at the loud noise and threw its rider.
  那匹马听到那响声惊得向后倒退,把骑马的人摔了下来。
• Ade bashfully shied.
  艾德羞得退缩了。

用作形容词 (adj.)

• He was too shy to talk to anyone at the party.
  在晚会上他很腼腆，没有和任何人讲话。
• He only saw her sweet, shy face.
  他只注意到她的甜甜的、腼腆的脸。
• We must not fight shy of hard work.
  我们不应回避艰苦的工作。
• The shy girl was afraid to contradict.
  这个害羞的女孩不敢提出反驳意见。
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