shunning n. 回避
- But in recent years many Britons have changed their drinking habits, shunning the pub and preferring to imbibe at home instead.
但是在最近几年,许多英国人改变了他们的饮酒习惯,不再进入酒吧,而是在家中饮酒。 - One reason why evangelicals are embracing Mr Brown is that shunning proved such a disaster with Martin Scorsese's “The Last Temptation of Christ” in 1988.
福音信仰者之所以接受布朗,其原因之一是1988年马丁•斯高塞瑟的《基督最后的诱惑》已经证明,回避就意味着灾难。 - Rising numbers of Chinese exporters are shunning the US dollar or devising ways to offset the impact of the falling currency as they confront rising labour and raw material costs at home.
随著中国的劳动力与原材料成本日益攀升,越来越多的出口企业正在避免使用美元或是想方设法抵消美元不断贬值的影响。
shunning[ noun ]
deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
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Shun \Shun\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shunned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Shunning}.] [OE. shunien, schunien, schonien, AS. scunian,
sceonian; cf. D. schuinen to slepe, schuin oblique, sloping,
Icel. skunda, skynda, to hasten. Cf. {Schooner}, {Scoundrel},
{Shunt}.]
To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to
escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice.
I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not
shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
--Acts xx.
26,27.
Scarcity and want shall shun you. --Shak.
Syn: See {Avoid}.