shift

1. V-T/V-I If you shift something or if it shifts, it moves slightly. 稍微移動

He stopped, shifting his cane to his left hand. 他停下來，把手杖移到左手。

He shifted from foot to foot. 他從一只腳換到另一只腳。

2. V-T/V-I If someone's opinion, a situation, or a policy shifts or is shifted, it changes slightly. 稍微改變

Attitudes to mental illness have shifted in recent years. 對精神病的態(tài)度近年來已稍微有所改變。

3. N-COUNT Shift is also a noun. 稍微改變[usu N prep]

...a shift in government policy. …政府政策的些許改變。

4. V-T If someone shifts the responsibility or blame for something onto you, they unfairly make you responsible or make people blame you for it, instead of them. 推卸; 轉(zhuǎn)嫁[表不滿]

It was a vain attempt to shift the responsibility for the murder to somebody else. 把這項謀殺的罪責(zé)轉(zhuǎn)嫁于他人是徒勞之舉。

5. V-T If you shift gears in a car, you put the car into a different gear. 換 (擋)[美國英語]

6. N-COUNT If a group of factory workers, nurses, or other people work shifts, they work for a set period before being replaced by another group, so that there is always a group working. Each of these set periods is called a shift. You can also use shift to refer to a group of workers who work together on a particular shift. 輪班

His father worked shifts in a steel mill. 他的父親在一家鋼鐵廠輪班工作。