shy away from

英 [ʃaɪ əˈweɪ frəm]

美 [ʃaɪ əˈweɪ frəm]

（因害怕或信心不足而）回避，躲避，避免

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (因害怕或信心不足而)回避，躲避，避免做
  If youshy away fromdoing something, you avoid doing it, often because you are afraid or not confident enough.
  1. We frequently shy away from making decisions...
     我们常常害怕作出决定。
  2. Alan doesn't shy away from controversy.
     艾伦不回避争议。

英英释义

verb

• avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task
  1. I shy away from this task

双语例句

• Don't avoid it just because it's painful. It's going to happen one way or another, and if you shy away from the discomfort or anguish of it, you'll regret it later.
  不要因为痛苦而逃避，它会以这样会那样的方式发生，如果你羞于随之而来的不适或痛苦，你将来便会后悔。
• She tends to shy away from accepting responsibility.
  她往往避免承担责任。
• To shy away from an important deal.
  退出了一笔重要交易。
• Don't shy away from them to make a story more exciting.
  不要为了让报道变得更令人激动而羞于提起它们。
• They did not shy away from tunnels and bridges, despite the cost-and the cost was not only in money, but sometimes also in lives.
  他们不避免隧道和桥梁，不在乎花费，有时付出的代价不仅是金钱，甚至生命。
• Typically we shy away from independent-college students who don't have them.
  一般我们都不会聘用那些没有这些技能的独立学院毕业生。
• India can no longer shy away from making hard diplomatic choices.
  印度再也不能回避强硬的外交选项了。
• Throughout this series I've tried to help you overcome the FUD that has caused many Java developers to shy away from using JSF technology.
  贯穿这个系列，我一直在试图帮助您克服造成许多Java开发人员逃避使用JSF技术的FUD。
• In the bag and shy away from the taste of the work and let him feel unhappy.
  囊中羞涩和脱离工作的滋味，让他感觉到不快乐。
• He doesn't shy away from this, admitting all his characters are inspired by traits of his own personality.
  他没有回避这一点，并承认他写的所有角色都是受他自己性格中的某些特点启发而来的。