shirked
past simple and past participle ofshirk
| 单词 | shirked |
| 释义 | shirked past simple and past participle ofshirk shirk verb[IorT] disapprovinguk/ʃɜːk/us/ʃɝːk/toavoidwork,duties, orresponsibilities,especiallyif they aredifficultorunpleasant: If you shirkyourresponsibilities/dutiesnow, thesituationwill be muchhardertodealwith nextmonth. I will not shirkfrommyobligations. to avoid doing something
Avoiding action
Examplesofshirkedshirked In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Basically, boundary nouns areshirkedat conflict sites. From theCambridge English Corpus It is that even very modest burdens of citizenship areshirked. From theCambridge English Corpus And further, '(he) shall be failing in (his) duty if heshirkedany responsibility which may be cast on (him)'. From theCambridge English Corpus It has not switched sides, has not threatened the government, and has notshirkedfrom combat - three traits of many past mercenary operations. From theCambridge English Corpus Where there are controversies, they have not beenshirked. From theCambridge English Corpus In short, we find no evidence that lame ducksshirkedtoward the president, viewed narrowly as the agent of his party. From theCambridge English Corpus But it would fail to explain why biological parents also owe the support to their children and why their children may rightfully complain if the duty isshirked. From theCambridge English Corpus Close inquiry is not so much guarded against asshirkedby those who wish to believe in it. From theCambridge English Corpus For those of us who have the responsibilities, they cannot be dodged orshirked, and we will not shirk them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Governments haveshirkedthat subject because it divides the people and there is a great leaning both ways. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At that time we were not quite so friendly towards people whoshirked, people who would not stand in with their comrades. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The fact is that whatever your views may be on nuclear energy, this part of the cycle cannot be abandoned orshirked. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English That is not an easy thing to do, although we have notshirkeddoing it in many directions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have taken on the problems that our predecessorsshirkedand set the economy on the right course for the long term. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 No one can say that we haveshirkedour duty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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