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shunt sth onto sb
及物动词用法：把（责任、问题等）转嫁给某人。
He tried to shunt the blame onto his teammates.
他试图把责任推给队友。
分流管；旁路
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
分流管；旁路
a passage or tube used to divert a bodily fluid, especially blood, from one channel to another
He tried to shunt the blame onto his teammates.
他试图把责任推给队友。
医学术语，指将体液（尤指血液）引流的通道或植入管。
(因推或挤而)突然移动的动作。
An act of moving (suddenly), as due to a push or shove.
用作电路各部分之间替代路径的连接。
A connection used as an alternative path between parts of an electrical circuit.
弹丸从分路炮发射时,其销钉从沟槽深侧移到浅侧的过程。
The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.
身体通道之间的异常通道。
An abnormal passage between body channels.
The director shunts every difficult question to her deputy.
主任把每个棘手的问题都推给她的副手。
The old files were shunted into the basement to make room for the new servers.
旧文件被转移到地下室，以便给新服务器腾出空间。
They are shunting the extra work onto the new intern this week.
这周他们正把额外的工作推给新来的实习生。
及物动词用法：把（责任、问题等）转嫁给某人。
He tried to shunt the blame onto his teammates.
他试图把责任推给队友。
及物动词短语：将某事物搁置或回避不予处理。
The manager shunted the question aside.
经理把这个问题搁置一旁。
不及物动词用法：指列车转轨或转向旁轨。
The train shunted into a siding.
火车转入了侧线。
名词用法：指医疗用的分流管；电子学中也指分流器。
He needs a shunt to drain the fluid in his brain.
他需要一条分流管来引流脑部的液体。
Not this
The train made a shunt to the left.
Use this
The train shunted to the left.
shunt 作名词时指'分流管/分流器'等具体事物，不表示'转轨'这一动作；表示动作应使用动词 shunted。'made a shunt'是受汉语'做一个动作'的表达影响而产生的中式英语，应直接用动词。
Not this
He shunted his old friends at the party.
Use this
He shunned his old friends at the party.
shunt 的动词义是'使转向、分流'，不用于表示'回避某人'；表示'故意避开'应用 shun。两者形近义不同，容易混淆。
Not this
The politician shunted the reporter's question away.
Use this
The politician shunted the reporter's question aside.
表示'回避（问题）'时，shunt 须与副词 aside 搭配，构成'把……搁置一旁'的固定短语；away 用于'离开'，不表达此比喻义。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
脑分流管
The surgeon inserted a brain shunt to drain excess fluid.
外科医生植入脑分流管以引流多余的液体。
电流分流器
The multimeter uses a current shunt to extend its range.
万用表使用电流分流器来扩展量程。
使血液改道
The operation shunts blood away from the damaged area.
手术使血液绕开受损区域。
使列车转轨
The locomotive shunted the freight train into a siding.
机车将货运列车转轨至侧线。
把…搁置一旁
The proposal was shunted aside by the committee.
该提案被委员会搁置一旁。
Use shunt naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆联想：shunt 读来像“闪特”，列车在岔道一闪，就转入另一条轨或支路——即“分流、转轨”。
语域：mixed 常见场景：医学：分流管/分流术、电子工程：分流电阻/分流器、铁路交通：调车转轨、日常口语：转移人或话题 该词在医学和电子工程中多作名词，指‘分流管’或‘分流器’，语域较正式；在日常口语中作动词，表示‘转移、调车、回避’，语气可较随意。使用时通常根据搭配领域判断，日常动词用法比较口语化。
All listed words rhyme with “shunt” /ʃʌnt/: each ends with the same stressed sound /-ʌnt/. Beware of lookalikes that sound different: “aunt” is usually /ɑːnt/ or /ænt/, “count” /kaʊnt/, and “haunt” /hɔːnt/ do not rhyme with these words.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.