shelve
英 [?elv]
美[??lv]
- vt. 将（书等）放置在架子上；搁置，将某事放到一旁不予考虑；将…搁在一边；装搁架于；罢免
- vi. （陆地）逐渐倾斜
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词态变化
第三人称单数:?shelves;过去式:?shelved;过去分词:?shelved;现在分词:?shelving;
中文词源
shelve 搁置，中止，停止
来自 shelf 的动词形式，比较 proof,prove.引申比喻义搁置，中止，停止。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. They shelve the letters and do not give them due consideration.
- 他们把信件压起来,不加处理.
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- 2. The United States is pulling from their shelve toys made in china.
- 美国从他们拉扯搁置玩具中国制造.
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- 3. People shelve the out - of - fashion moral icon and espouse the philosophy of egoism.
- 搁置了人民的时尚图标和拥护道德哲学的利己主义.
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- 4. After a sneak preview of the film they decided to shelve it.
- 该影片在试映后,他们决定把它搁置起来.
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- 5. They had to shelve their holiday plans because their son was ill.
- 他们不得不把度假计划搁置,因为他们的儿子病了.
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