a quiet, shy man
腼腆|、不大说话的人
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Don't be shy─come and say hello.
别害羞——过来问个好。
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She was too shy to ask anyone for help.
她太腼腆，不愿向任何人求助┃。
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As a teenager I was painfully shy .
我十几岁的时候腼腆得很┃。
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She's very shy with adults.
她在大人面前很拘束。
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The panda is a shy creature.
熊猫是一种胆小的动物┃。
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The band has never been shy of publicity.
这支乐队一向不惮招摇┃。
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He disliked her and had never been shy of saying so.
他不喜欢她，而且从来不忌讳说出来┃。
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He died before Christmas, only a month shy of his 90th birthday.
他在圣诞节前去世了┃，仅差一个月就满90岁。
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We are still two players shy (of a full team).
（凑成一支队）我们还缺两名队员┃。
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camera-shy (= not liking to be photographed)
不爱照相
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He's always been work-shy.
他总是躲避工作┃。
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My horse shied at the unfamiliar noise.
这陌生的声音把我的马惊了。
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Hugh never shied away from his responsibilities.
该自己承担的责任┃，休从不回避┃。
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The newspapers have shied away from investigating the story.
各家报纸纷纷退避，不敢调查详情┃。
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She was a shy, quiet-spoken girl...
她是个害羞┃、说话轻声细语的女孩。
She was a shy and retiring person off-stage...
她在现实生活中是个腼腆而且不善社交的人┃。
You should not be shy of having your say in the running of the school.
在管理学校方面┃，你应该毫无顾忌地发表你的意见。
Llewelyn's stallion shied as the wind sent sparks flying.
风一吹来┃，火星四溅┃，卢埃林的种马惊跳起来。
It is no use fighting shy of publicity and then complaining when sponsors pass us by...
一边对做宣传避之不及┃，一边又抱怨赞助人与我们擦身而过┃，这样做是没有用的。
Until now television had fought shy of covering by-elections.
迄今为止电视台一直竭力避免报道补缺选举|。
...a high-school dropout rate just shy of 53%...
几近53％的中学辍学率
He died two days shy of his 95th birthday.
他在离 95 岁寿辰仅差两天时去世了|。
