Word · Frequency #20032
shirk
逃避；回避；躲避
核心释义
To avoid or evade a duty, responsibility, or obligation.
- 1.
逃避,尤指职责、责任等；避开。
To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
- 2.
逃避义务；回避履行职责,如逃跑。
To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
- 3.
通过小欺诈和欺骗获取；以卑劣的乞求获得。
To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
骗取；以卑劣手段谋取；逃避,尤指职责、责任等；避开。；逃避义务；回避履行职责,如逃跑。；通过小欺诈和欺骗获取；以卑劣的乞求获得。；溜掉
用法In use
He always shirks his responsibilities when things get difficult.
用法提示：动词原形，表示习惯性逃避责任。
She shirked her duty and left early, leaving her teammates to finish the work.
用法提示：过去式，描述具体的逃避行为。
Stop shirking your fair share of the housework and start helping out!
用法提示：现在分词，用于命令句，强调正在进行的逃避。
shirk + noun
名词常为responsibility, duty, obligation等。
He tried to shirk his responsibilities.
他试图逃避他的责任。
shirk + from + noun/doing sth
from后可接名词或动名词，但不如直接及物常用。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- shirk responsibility
- 逃避责任
- He never tries to shirk responsibility for his actions.他从不为自己的行为逃避责任。
- shirk one's duties
- 逃避职责
- She was accused of shirking her duties as a manager.她被指责逃避作为经理的职责。
- shirk work
- 逃避工作；偷懒
- Some employees shirk work when the manager is away.有些员工在经理不在时偷懒。
- shirk an obligation
- 逃避义务
- It is unfair to shirk an obligation you agreed to.逃避你同意的义务是不公平的。
- shirk a difficult task
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆联想：shirk 里有 irk（恼怒），逃避职责会惹人恼怒。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：workplace、public/official duty、daily conversation shirk 多用于较正式的书面或工作场合，常与 duty、responsibility、work 等搭配，带有“偷懒、逃避”的贬义；口语中更常说 avoid 或 get out of。
语法说明Grammar Note
及物时接宾语，如 shirk duties；不及物时后常接 from，如 shirk from work
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words rhyme with shirk (same /əːk/ vowel and final consonant). Irk, smirk, and quirk also match the spelling pattern -irk. Work, lurk, and perk rhyme but are spelled differently. Beware lookalikes: shark (/ʃɑːk/) and shriek (/ʃriːk/) look similar to shirk but do not rhyme.
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