Shift

　　v.

　　vt. vi. 移动 change in position or direction; move from place to place

　　vt. vi. 去掉 get rid of or remove

　　vt. vi. 快速行进 move very fast

　　同义词

　　n. displacement，duty period，switch，transformation

　　v. agitate，dislodge，switch，transfer

　　词汇辨析

　　move，shift，transfer，remove

　　这些动词均可表示 从一处移往另一处 之意。

　　move 普通用词，指从一处到另一外的任何距离的转移。

　　shift 侧重位置与方向的改变。

　　transfer 一般表示转送或移交迁移，尤指交通运输中的换乘或职务的调动等。

　　remove 作 移动 解时，与move可换用，还可指撤职或开除学藉等。

　　参考例句

　　1. His new book has been shifting like wildfire.

　　他的新书一直十分畅销。

　　2. A sudden shift in wind suggests a coming storm.

　　风向的突然改变，暗示着一场暴风雨。

　　3. All by itself, this shift lowers the carbon intensity of an economy.

　　单是这种变迁本身，就会降低一个经济体的碳强度。

　　辨析

　　1.V-T/V-I If you shift something or if it shifts, it moves slightly. 稍微移动

　　例：He stopped, shifting his cane to his left hand.

　　他停下来，把手杖移到左手。

　　例：He shifted from foot to foot.

　　他从一只脚换到另一只脚。

　　2.V-T/V-I If someones opinion, a situation, or a policy shifts or is shifted, it changes slightly. 稍微改变

　　例：Attitudes to mental illness have shifted in recent years.

　　对精神病的态度近年来已稍微有所改变。

　　3.N-COUNT Shift is also a noun. 稍微改变

　　例：...a shift in government policy.

　　政府政策的些许改变。

　　4.V-T If someone shifts the responsibility or blame for something onto you, they unfairly make you responsible or make people blame you for it, instead of them. 推卸; 转嫁

　　例：It was a vain attempt to shift the responsibility for the murder to somebody else.

　　把这项谋杀的罪责转嫁于他人是徒劳之举。

　　5.V-T If you shift gears in a car, you put the car into a different gear. 换

　　6.N-COUNT If a group of factory workers, nurses, or other people work shifts, they work for a set period before being replaced by another group, so that there is always a group working. Each of these set periods is called a shift. You can also use shift to refer to a group of workers who work together on a particular shift. 轮班

　　例：His father worked shifts in a steel mill.

　　他的父亲在一家钢铁厂轮班工作。