shrug
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T/V-I If you shrug, you raise your shoulders to show that you are not interested in something or that you do not know or care about something. 聳肩
I shrugged, as if to say, "Why not?"
我聳了聳肩，好像在說,“爲什麼不？”
2. N-COUNT Shrug is also a noun. 聳肩
"I suppose so," said Anna with a shrug. “我想是這樣，”安娜聳聳肩說道。
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shrug /?r?ɡ/ (shrugging,shrugged,shrugs)
劍橋詞典
- to raise your shoulders and then lower them in order to say you do not know or are not interested
- She shrugged indifferently.
- In reply to their questions , she just shrugged.
- He shrugged and looked resigned .
- You can't just shrug your shoulders and do nothing about the situation !
- "What shall we do?" "Don't ask me," she said, shrugging her shoulders .
（表示不知道或不感興趣）聳（肩）
"Where's Dad?" "How should I know ?" replied my brother , shrugging. “爸爸在哪兒？”“我怎麼知道？”哥哥聳了聳肩，答道。
He shrugged his shoulders as if to say that there was nothing he could do about it. 他聳了聳肩，好像在說他對此無能爲力。
figurative Thousands of people are starving to death while the world shrugs its shoulders (= shows no interest or care ). 成千上萬的人瀕於餓死，世人卻無動於衷。
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