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ADJ-GRADED
害羞的;靦腆的;怕生的
A shy person is nervous and uncomfortable in the company of other people.
例句
She was a shy, quiet-spoken girl...
她是個害羞、說話輕聲細語的女孩。
She was a shy and retiring person off-stage...
她在現實生活中是個靦腆而且不善社交的人。
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ADJ-GRADED
猶豫的;不情愿的;害怕的;有所顧忌的
If you are shy of doing something, you are unwilling to do it because you are afraid of what might happen.
例句
You should not be shy of having your say in the running of the school.
在管理學校方面，你應該毫無顧忌地發表你的意見。
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VERB
(馬)驚走，驚退
When a horse shies, it moves away suddenly, because something has frightened it.
例句
Llewelyn's stallion shied as the wind sent sparks flying.
風一吹來，火星四濺，盧埃林的種馬驚跳起來。
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PHRASE
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩;一回吃虧兩回學乖
You say 'once bitten, twice shy' when you want to indicate that someone will not do something a second time because they had a bad experience the first time they did it.
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PHRASE
竭力避開;盡量避免
If you fight shy of something, you try very hard to avoid it.
例句
It is no use fighting shy of publicity and then complaining when sponsors pass us by...
一邊對做宣傳避之不及，一邊又抱怨贊助人與我們擦身而過，這樣做是沒有用的。
Until now television had fought shy of covering by-elections.
迄今為止電視臺一直竭力避免報道補缺選舉。
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PREP-PHRASE
未達到;欠缺;不足;不夠
A number or amount that is just shy of another number or amount is just under it.
例句
...a high-school dropout rate just shy of 53%...
幾近53％的中學輟學率
He died two days shy of his 95th birthday.
他在離 95 歲壽辰僅差兩天時去世了。