a quiet, shy man
靦腆、不大說話的人
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Don't be shy─come and say hello.
別害羞——過來問個(gè)好。
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She was too shy to ask anyone for help.
她太靦腆，不愿向任何人求助。
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As a teenager I was painfully shy .
我十幾歲的時(shí)候靦腆得很。
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She's very shy with adults.
她在大人面前很拘束。
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The panda is a shy creature.
熊貓是一種膽小的動(dòng)物。
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The band has never been shy of publicity.
這支樂隊(duì)一向不憚?wù)袚u。
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He disliked her and had never been shy of saying so.
他不喜歡她，而且從來不忌諱說出來。
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He died before Christmas, only a month shy of his 90th birthday.
他在圣誕節(jié)前去世了，僅差一個(gè)月就滿90歲。
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We are still two players shy (of a full team).
（湊成一支隊(duì)）我們還缺兩名隊(duì)員。
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camera-shy (= not liking to be photographed)
不愛照相
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He's always been work-shy.
他總是躲避工作。
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My horse shied at the unfamiliar noise.
這陌生的聲音把我的馬驚了。
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Hugh never shied away from his responsibilities.
該自己承擔(dān)的責(zé)任，休從不回避。
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The newspapers have shied away from investigating the story.
各家報(bào)紙紛紛退避，不敢調(diào)查詳情。
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She was a shy, quiet-spoken girl...
她是個(gè)害羞、說話輕聲細(xì)語的女孩。
She was a shy and retiring person off-stage...
她在現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中是個(gè)靦腆而且不善社交的人。
You should not be shy of having your say in the running of the school.
在管理學(xué)校方面，你應(yīng)該毫無顧忌地發(fā)表你的意見。
Llewelyn's stallion shied as the wind sent sparks flying.
風(fēng)一吹來，火星四濺，盧埃林的種馬驚跳起來。
It is no use fighting shy of publicity and then complaining when sponsors pass us by...
一邊對(duì)做宣傳避之不及，一邊又抱怨贊助人與我們擦身而過，這樣做是沒有用的。
Until now television had fought shy of covering by-elections.
迄今為止電視臺(tái)一直竭力避免報(bào)道補(bǔ)缺選舉。
...a high-school dropout rate just shy of 53%...
幾近53％的中學(xué)輟學(xué)率
He died two days shy of his 95th birthday.
他在離 95 歲壽辰僅差兩天時(shí)去世了。
