shies

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.
  我們還少十個人才能湊成一個班。

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?
  月亮爲什麼那麼害羞,縂不給我們看它的那半邊臉?

用作動詞 (v.)

用作不及物動詞: 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。

用作形容詞 (adj.)

• He was too shy to talk to anyone at the party.
  在晚會上他很靦腆，沒有和任何人講話。
• He only saw her sweet, shy face.
  他衹注意到她的甜甜的、靦腆的臉。
• We must not fight shy of hard work.
  我們不應廻避艱苦的工作。
• The shy girl was afraid to contradict.
  這個害羞的女孩不敢提出反駁意見。
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