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shrink from + noun/pronoun
He did not shrink from the challenge.
他没有因为害怕而回避挑战。
因害怕而避开；憷
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因害怕而避开；憷
to avoid or withdraw from something because of fear or reluctance
He did not shrink from the challenge.
他没有因为害怕而回避挑战。
shrink from
Base
原形
shrinks from
3rd person
第三人称单数
shrinking from
-ing
现在分词
shrank from
Past
过去式
shrunk from
Past participle
过去分词
She never shrinks from telling the truth.
她从不会因害怕而不敢说真话。
He shrank from the dangerous task.
他因害怕而避开了这项危险的任务。
They have shrunk from making a final decision.
他们一直因害怕而迟迟未做最终决定。
shrink from 指因恐惧或厌恶而回避某事，后接名词或动名词。
He never shrinks from a challenge.
他从不因害怕而回避挑战。
She shrank from making eye contact during the interview.
面试时她因害怕而避免目光接触。
The witness was shrinking from answering the lawyer's questions.
那个证人因害怕而回避回答律师的问题。
He did not shrink from the challenge.
他没有因为害怕而回避挑战。
常用于否定句或疑问句。
She shrank from telling him the truth.
她因为害怕而不敢告诉他真相。
They shrank from no task, no matter how difficult.
他们不畏惧任何任务，无论多困难。
Not this
She shrinks to confront her problems.
Use this
She shrinks from confronting her problems.
因受汉语影响，学习者常将'shrink from'误用为'shrink to'，但'shrink'后需接介词'from'和动名词表示因害怕而避开，而非不定式。
Not this
He shrank the difficult conversation.
Use this
He shrank from the difficult conversation.
汉语中'避开'可直接带宾语，但英语'shrink'是不及物动词短语，必须用介词'from'引出回避的对象。
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后接名词或动名词，表示‘因害怕而避开’；常用于否定结构，如 not shrink from doing sth。
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