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shunning

/shuhn/US // ʃʌn //UK // (ʃʌn) //

躲避,避开,回避,逃避

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    shunned, shun·ning.

    • : to keep away from, from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbavoid, ignore

Examples

  • On the trail of her husband, Norah discovers that the people of Tahiti and the seafaring folk who work in the area shun the unnamed neighboring island.

  • Those that are new to the industry often hear derision regarding the matter and shun these backlinks without having done their research or tested them on their own.

  • Amid admonitions that people should shun large gatherings because of the coronavirus, the wet holiday seemed suited to solitary contemplation.

  • This marks a change from 2017, when the traditional corporate and financial world largely shunned cryptocurrency.

  • Government programs have failed it, private investors have shunned it, and speculators have bought and sold pieces of it with little evident interest in building anything.

  • By resolutely shunning money, his campaign forged alternative tactics, all of which were explained in detail on Healey's blog.

  • And they can be used as video incrimination or provide for some good old-fashioned shunning.

  • So, who has kept to the letter and spirit of the accord more and who has been more egregious in shunning it?

  • “Mainstream Muslim organizations are shunning Akkari,” he says.

  • Americans are shunning soda and claim they want healthier fast-food options.

  • For four days he had wandered along the coast quite alone, shunning acquaintances, and living entirely with strangers.

  • They had already separated from him, as though shunning a corpse because of its nauseous odour.

  • Ruth, although shunning society, found herself drawn to Mrs. Leon by an unaccountable magnetism.

  • So he lived alone, with no kith nor kin, nor even a friend, shunning his kind and shunned by them.

  • It seems an indolent, sedentary bird, shunning the society of all others in the forest.