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B2 中性 mixed 及物/不及物

慢吞吞、不情愿地走开;把责任或问题推给别人;也见于著名短语 'shuffle off this mortal coil'。

通俗解释

慢慢拖着脚走开,或者把自己不想要的事推给别人。

"shuffle off" 的含义

共 3 个含义,从最常见到最少见,按 CEFR 等级色彩标注。

1 B1 中性

慢慢地、拖着脚离开一个地方。

"The old man shuffled off toward the kitchen, mumbling to himself."

不可分离
2 B2 习语 非正式

把责任、过错或不想做的任务推给别人,或设法躲开。

"He tried to shuffle off the work onto a junior colleague at the last minute."

可分离
3 C1 习语 正式

(文学/幽默)去世——来自 'shuffle off this mortal coil'。

"The journalist joked that the old political party had finally shuffled off this mortal coil."

To be, or not to be... Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer... or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them. To die, to sleep — no more; and by a sleep to say we end the heartache... For in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil.

— William Shakespeare, 'Hamlet', Act III, Scene 1 (c. 1600)
不可分离

字面 vs 引申

字面意思

拖着脚离开某地——在字面义里很容易理解。

实际含义

慢慢拖着脚走开,或者把自己不想要的事推给别人。

使用提示

主要有三种用法:(1) 拖着脚走开,(2) 逃避或转嫁问题/责任,(3) 文学或幽默说法 'shuffle off this mortal coil'(去世),出自莎士比亚《哈姆雷特》。义项3 即使对不太懂文学的人也较有名。

"shuffle off" 的常见搭配

母语者最常搭配使用的单词。

responsibility blame coil stage mortal question

如何变位 "shuffle off"

最常用的五种时态形式。

原形
shuffle off
我/你/我们/他们
第三人称
shuffles off
他/她/它
过去式
shuffled off
昨天
过去分词
shuffled off
have + pp
-ing 形式
shuffling off
进行时

听听母语者怎么说 "shuffle off"

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