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单词 shirk
释义
shirk
verb[IorT]
disapproving
uk
/ʃɜːk/us
/ʃɝːk/
toavoidwork,duties, orresponsibilities,especiallyif they aredifficultorunpleasant:
逃避（尤指困难或令人不快的工作、责任等）
If you shirkyourresponsibilities/dutiesnow, thesituationwill be muchhardertodealwith nextmonth.如果你现在逃避责任的话，情况到了下个月只会变得更难处理。
I will not shirkfrommyobligations.我不会逃避我的义务。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to avoid doing something
  • avoidAvoid swimming in areas where sharks are known to congregate.
  • evadePlease don’t think I’m trying to evade my responsibility.
  • dodgeHe tried to dodge his military service.
  • run away fromI didn't often run away from difficult decisions.
  • shrink fromI've never been one to shrink from a challenge.
  • sidestepThis is not a responsibility you can sidestep.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Avoiding action
  • abrogate
  • abrogation
  • avoid
  • avoidsomethinglike the plagueidiom
  • avoidance
  • eschew
  • evade
  • evader
  • evasion
  • fiddle
  • fiddle around
  • fight shy ofidiom
  • insure
  • short circuit
  • shrink fromsomething
  • shy away fromsomething
  • sit onyourarseidiom
  • skip out onsomeone/something
  • steer
  • welch
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(Definition ofshirkfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

shirk| American Dictionary

shirk
verb[I/T]
us
/ʃɜrk/
toavoidworkor aduty:
[T]Townofficialsshirkedtheirresponsibilitiesbyfailingtofollowup onresidents’complaints.
(Definition ofshirkfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofshirk

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Assume that the probability of detecting shirking workers depends on the complexity of the routine of which they are part.
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In addition, all parties know that the probability of verification given shirking is one-third.
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To highlight the effect of disincentives, they play two games that are identical except that one allows employers to punish workers for shirking.
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Basically, boundary nouns are shirked at conflict sites.
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He does notshirkthe convolutions of geochemistry.
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Schilling never shirks her duties as a scholar.
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There are, however, also professors who "shirk" (the term used in principalagent theory) their teaching obligations to do research, consulting, and so forth.
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His or her counterpart in the sugar plantations elsewhere in the world was concerned about shirking and industriousness.
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Second, the technology of the assembly line brought with it low monitoring costs and a nearly 100% chance of catching shirking workers.
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Leaders have wide discretion but cannot consistentlyshirksocial welfare obligations.
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He appears as a man who did notshirkfrom decisions, making the journal, though stylistically plodding, a useful contribution to this period of history.
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It is that even very modest burdens of citizenship are shirked.
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Still, linguistic anthropologists must lead the way rather thanshirkthat duty.
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What is even more striking is that reciprocity is destroyed by just a one-third chance of getting caught when shirking.
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These daily experiences create an obvious temptation to 'hypocrisy' or shirking of the work of the movement.
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