shelve
英 [?elv]
美[??lv]
- 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
低頻詞IELTSGRE核心詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?shelves;過去式:?shelved;過去分詞:?shelved;現在分詞:?shelving;
中文詞源
shelve 擱置，中止，停止
來自 shelf 的動詞形式，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.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 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.
來自互聯網
- 3. People shelve the out - of - fashion moral icon and espouse the philosophy of egoism.
- 擱置了人民的時尚圖標和擁護道德哲學的利己主義.
來自互聯網
- 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.
來自互聯網
- 5. They had to shelve their holiday plans because their son was ill.
- 他們不得不把度假計劃擱置,因為他們的兒子病了.
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