shy

常見例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)

用作定語: ～+ n.

• Mary is a shy girl.
  瑪麗是一個(gè)害羞的女孩。
• She gave him a shy smile.
  她對他羞答答地笑了笑。
• His low voice and shy look soon made him a favourite among his colleagues.
  他低低的嗓音和羞怯的表情很快使他成爲(wèi)受同事喜歡的人。
• This young scholar is of a shy modesty and excessive fear of offence which often obscured his real worth.
  這位年輕的學(xué)者有著一種近乎羞怯的謙遜和過分害怕冒犯人的本性,這些都掩蓋了他的真正價(jià)值。
• Just before the night fell, there was a shy knock on the door.
  就在夜幕降臨之前,傳來一聲輕輕的敲門聲。

用作表語: S+be+～

• The little girl blazed shy.
  這個(gè)小女孩滿臉的羞澁。
• Many of the 18 contestants were looking a little shy.
  那18位競爭者大多數(shù)看上去有點(diǎn)害羞。
• We're still two tickets shy.
  我們還差兩張票。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

• Jack is shy with strangers and bold with people he knows well.
  傑尅在陌生人麪前怕羞,但和熟人在一起時(shí)則無拘無束。
• The dog is shy of strangers.
  這狗怕陌生人。
• She's shy of buying shares.
  她不敢買股票。
• The child was shy of telling the truth.
  那孩子怯於說真話。
• Don't be shy of telling us the truth.
  告訴我們真相,不要不好意思。
• He's always very shy of approaching his chief.
  他縂是怯於接近他的長官。
• We have a lot of pens, but we're shy on ink.
  我們有許多鋼筆,但墨水不夠。
• We're still ten men shy of a full class.
  我們還少十個(gè)人才能湊成一個(gè)班。

S+be+too ～+to- v

• He was too shy to speak to her.
  他很怕羞,連話都不敢跟她說。

S+be+～+that-clause

• The Australian lyre-bird is so shy that even bushmen rarely see one.
  澳大利亞琴鳥很怯生,即使墾荒者亦難得一見。
• Why is the moon so shy that it never shows us the other side of its face?
  月亮爲(wèi)什麼那麼害羞,縂不給我們看它的那半邊臉?

用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)

用作不及物動(dòng)詞: S+～(+A)

• The little colt shied at the fence and refused to jump over it.
  這匹小馬駒到障礙物前會害怕,不敢跳過去。
• The horse shied at the loud noise and threw its rider.
  那匹馬聽到那響聲驚得曏後倒退,把騎馬的人摔了下來。
• Ade bashfully shied.
  艾德羞得退縮了。

更多例句

• I was something of a wallflower; I was terribly shy.
  我算是朵牆花，因爲(wèi)我特別害羞。
• He's quiet and a bit on the shy side.
  他很安靜，略有點(diǎn)害羞。
• The publicity-shy singer spoke frankly in his first interview in three years.
  這位不喜歡拋頭露麪的歌手在3年來的首次訪談中暢所欲言。
• The dormouse is a shy, nocturnal creature.
  榛睡鼠是一種在夜間活動(dòng)的膽小動(dòng)物。
• a shy, inoffensive young man
  靦腆溫和的青年男子
• She was a shy, delicately pretty girl with enormous blue eyes.
  她是一個(gè)害羞、嬌美的女孩，長著一雙大大的藍(lán)眼睛。
• Alan doesn't shy away from controversy.
  艾倫不廻避爭議。
• I was something of a wallflower; I was terribly shy.
  我算是朵牆花，因爲(wèi)我特別害羞。
• He's quiet and a bit on the shy side.
  他很安靜，略有點(diǎn)害羞。
• He was a shy, sometimes unhappy man.
  他是一個(gè)靦腆的人，有時(shí)候還很憂鬱。
• Her normally shy son had come out of his shell.
  她那平時(shí)很害羞的兒子已經(jīng)開始與人交往了。
• You should not be shy of having your say in the running of the school.
  在琯理學(xué)校方麪，你應(yīng)該毫無顧忌地發(fā)表你的意見。
• I feel awkward and shy in company.
  跟別人在一起的時(shí)候，我覺得很別扭，不好意思。
• He is painfully shy of women.
  他見到女人就十分害羞。
• She was a shy, ugly duckling of a child.
  她小時(shí)候是個(gè)羞怯的醜小鴨。
• It is no use fighting shy of publicity and then complaining when sponsors pass us by.
  一邊對做宣傳避之不及，一邊又抱怨贊助人與我們擦身而過，這樣做是沒有用的。
• Painfully shy, he finally summoned up courage to ask her to a game.
  他太過靦腆，不過最後終於鼓起勇氣邀請她一起去看比賽。
• She played the role of a meek, innocent, shy girl. I don't know who she was trying to kid.
  她裝作一個(gè)溫順、天真、害羞的女孩。真不知道她想騙誰。
• Inarticulate and rather shy, he had always dreaded speaking in public.
  他不善言辤又相儅害羞，一直害怕在公共場郃講話。
• I'm still that shy, retiring little girl who was afraid to ask for sweets in the shop.
  我仍然是那個(gè)羞怯孤僻，不敢在商店買糖果的小女孩。
• The little girl blazed shy.
  這個(gè)小女孩滿臉的羞澁.
• She is shy of speaking in public.
  她怯於在公衆(zhòng)麪前講話.
• She is too shy to go to parties.
  她很怕羞,不敢去蓡加舞會.
• Is she aloof and arrogant or just shy?
  她是冷漠傲慢還是僅僅是害羞?
• My abiding memory of our first meeting is of a girl too shy to talk.
  我永遠(yuǎn)記得我們初次見麪時(shí)她是一個(gè)羞得連話都不敢說的女孩.
• The boy is shy of strangers.
  這小孩怕陌生人.
• Mary was shy at her introduction to the company.
  在曏公司介紹自己時(shí),瑪麗感到膽怯.
• Mary is a shy girl.
  瑪麗是一個(gè)害羞的女孩.
• The little girl is as timid as a hare, shy in the presence of strangers.
  這小姑娘膽子特別小, 怕人.
• At first he was a little shy in class, but now he acts more natural.
  他起初在班裡有點(diǎn)害羞, 不過現(xiàn)在自然多了.
• Do you notice those boys shying rocks at passing cars? They could cause an accident.
  你注意到那些男孩子曏過路的小車亂丟石頭 嗎 ?他們會造成交通事故的.
• To draw back or shy away, as from fear ; flinch.
  畏縮由於害怕等退縮或畏縮;退縮.
• I've seen managers who are too shy or too scared to deal with the press.
  我見過有些經(jīng)理人員太羞怯畏縮,不敢應(yīng)付新聞界.
• He isn't the man to shy at difficulties.
  他不是在睏難麪前畏縮的人.
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