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

• You'll surely shy away from it the next time you see it.
  那么当你下次再看到它时，就一定会远离它。
• 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。
• 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。
• She tends to shy away from accepting responsibility.
  她往往避免承担责任。
• 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。
• Don't shy away from evaluation because it seems expensive or difficult, or because you fear being seen in a negative light.
  不要因为评估工作似乎看起来昂贵或很难，或者因为害怕负面的结论而逃避它。
• We frequently shy away from making decisions
  我们常常害怕作出决定。
• Alan doesn't shy away from controversy.
  艾伦不回避争议。
• Daddy feared it might hurt me and began to shy away from that woman.
  父亲怕我伤心，开始回避那个女人。
• 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。