shelve
- vt. 將(書等)放置在架子上;擱置,將某事放到一旁不予考慮;將…擱在一邊;裝擱架于;罷免
- vi. (陸地)逐漸傾斜
詞態(tài)變化
中文詞源
來自 shelf 的動(dòng)詞形式,比較 proof,prove.引申比喻義擱置,中止,停止。
英文詞源
- shelve (v.1)
- 1590s, "to overhang," also "to provide with shelves," probably a back-formation from shelves, plural of shelf (n.1). Meaning "put on a shelf" first recorded 1650s; metaphoric sense of "lay aside, dismiss" is from 1812. Related: Shelved; shelving.
- shelve (v.2)
- "to slope gradually," 1610s, from Middle English shelven "to slope," from shelfe "grassy slope," a word related to shelf (n.1). Related: Shelved; shelving.
雙語例句
- 1. They shelve the letters and do not give them due consideration.
- 他們把信件壓起來,不加處理.
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- 2. The United States is pulling from their shelve toys made in china.
- 美國從他們拉扯擱置玩具中國制造.
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- 3. People shelve the out - of - fashion moral icon and espouse the philosophy of egoism.
- 擱置了人民的時(shí)尚圖標(biāo)和擁護(hù)道德哲學(xué)的利己主義.
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- 4. After a sneak preview of the film they decided to shelve it.
- 該影片在試映后,他們決定把它擱置起來.
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- 5. They had to shelve their holiday plans because their son was ill.
- 他們不得不把度假計(jì)劃擱置,因?yàn)樗麄兊膬鹤硬×?
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