shirk

US [ʃɜrk]
UK [ʃɜː(r)k]
  • n.逃避者；偷懒者
  • v.逃避（工作）；躲懒
  • Web规避；推卸；推脱
Simple Present：shirks  Present Participle：shirking  Past Tense：shirked  

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shirk
v.
1.
逃避（工作）；躲懒to avoid doing sth you should do, especially because you are too lazy
Discipline in the company was strict and no one shirked.
公司有严格的纪律，没有人偷懒。
A determined burglar will not shirk from breaking a window to gain entry.
一个决计要下手的窃贼会不惜破窗而入。
She never shirked her responsibilities.
她从不逃避自己的职责。

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Definition:
AllAll,逃避者逃避者,偷懒者偷懒者,逃避逃避,躲懒躲懒,规避规避,推卸推卸,推脱推脱
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1.
Gou on Tuesday said he isn't trying to shirk anything.
周二，郭台铭说他没试图推卸任何责任。
zhōu èr , guō tái míng shuō tā méi shì tú tuī xiè rèn hé zé rèn 。
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2.
I spent as much time in goading myself on to duties that I should have liked to shirk or in getting ready to work as I did in actual labor.
对于我想逃避或者应该准备的工作，我会磨蹭半天，磨蹭的时间和工作的时间一样多。
duì yú wǒ xiǎng táo bì huò zhě yīng gāi zhǔn bèi de gōng zuò , wǒ huì mó ceng bàn tiān , mó ceng de shí jiān hé gōng zuò de shí jiān yí yàng duō 。
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3.
Often one to shirk personal accountability, Argente was more than willing to blame others for his shortcomings and mistakes.
阿金特是一个经常逃避个人责任的人，他更愿意把自己的缺点和错误归咎于他人。
ā jīn tè shì yī gè jīng cháng táo bì gè rén zé rèn de rén , tā gèng yuàn yì bǎ zì jǐ de quē diǎn hé cuò wù guī jiù yú tā rén 。
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4.
Your common parent is a god. This hardly counts towards any sort of common genetic bond, and even less of a reason to shirk what you owe .
你们都是神之子。这很难看做是任何一种血缘上的牵绊，更不是你逃避欠债的理由。
nǐ men dōu shì shén zhī zǐ 。 zhè hěn nán kàn zuò shì rèn hé yī zhǒng xuè yuán shàng de qiān bàn , gèng bú shì nǐ táo bì qiàn zhài de lǐ yóu 。
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5.
If he could shirk off the responsibility upon the others, he would.
只要能把责任推给别人，他就推给别人。
zhǐ yào néng bǎ zé rèn tuī gěi bié rén , tā jiù tuī gěi bié rén 。
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6.
Only a pretext to shirk its responsibility, but a means of shielding officials of crime only.
只是一种推卸责任的借口而已，只是一种包庇官员犯罪行为的手段而已。
zhǐ shì yī zhǒng tuī xiè zé rèn de jiè kǒu ér yǐ , zhǐ shì yī zhǒng bāo bì guān yuán fàn zuì xíng wéi de shǒu duàn ér yǐ 。
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7.
Now governments could take the next decade or two to plan ways to meet or shirk this burden.
现在各国政府要用未来十年二十年找出办法来，要么还这个债，要么甩掉这个包袱。
xiàn zài gè guó zhèng fǔ yào yòng wèi lái shí nián èr shí nián zhǎo chū bàn fǎ lái , yào me hái zhè ge zhài , yào me shuǎi diào zhè ge bāo fú 。
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8.
And a very, very important piece of advice is that do not ever shirk away from asking for help.
还有一个最最重要的意见就是永远不要逃避求助了。
hái yǒu yī gè zuì zuì zhòng yào de yì jiàn jiù shì yǒng yuǎn bú yào táo bì qiú zhù le 。
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9.
Though the Pentagon did not ask for empire, neither did it shirk from its calling.
虽然国防部并没有主张帝国扩张，但是它也没有拒绝它的呼唤。
suī rán guó fáng bù bìng méi yǒu zhǔ zhāng dì guó kuò zhāng , dàn shì tā yě méi yǒu jù jué tā de hū huàn 。
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10.
This term will inevitably be used as a pretext by the authorities and scholars who used to shirk responsibility or make an explanation.
“转型社会”这一名词便不可避开地作为一种口实而被当局者与学者拿来推卸责任与说明不足。
" zhuǎn xíng shè huì " zhè yī míng cí biàn bù kě bì kāi de zuò wéi yī zhǒng kǒu shí ér bèi dāng jú zhě yǔ xué zhě ná lái tuī xiè zé rèn yǔ shuō míng bù zú 。
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