shy

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。

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。

Don't be shy─come and say hello.

别害羞——过来问个好。

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。

She was too shy to ask anyone for help.

她太腼腆，不愿向任何人求助。

John has strong opinions and he's not shy about sharing them.

约翰有鲜明的观点,而且他也不忌讳将这些观点与他人分享。

The horse shied, throwing Darrel from his saddle.

那马惊跳起来,把达雷尔从马鞍上掀了下去。

The panda is a shy creature.

熊猫是一种胆小的动物。

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。

As a teenager I was painfully shy .

我十几岁的时候腼腆得很。

He died two days shy of his 95th birthday.

他在离 95 岁寿辰仅差两天时去世了。

He was a quiet shy man.

他是个话不多的腼腆男人。

He's always been work-shy.

他总是躲避工作。

Hugh never shied away from his responsibilities.

该自己承担的责任，休从不回避。

She's very shy with adults.

她在大人面前很拘束。

a shy smile

羞怯的微笑

Jessica died Monday. She was one week shy of her 13th birthday.

杰茜卡是星期一死的,还有一个星期就是她的13岁生日。

The band has never been shy of publicity.

这支乐队一向不惮招摇。

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。

The Democrats are three votes shy of a majority.

民主党离多数票还差三票。

...a high-school dropout rate just shy of 53%...

几近53％的中学辍学率

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。

My horse shied at the unfamiliar noise.

这陌生的声音把我的马惊了。

We are still two players shy (of a full team).

（凑成一支队）我们还缺两名队员。

The newspapers have shied away from investigating the story.

各家报纸纷纷退避，不敢调查详情。

camera-shy (= not liking to be photographed)

不爱照相

a quiet, shy man

腼腆、不大说话的人

She was a shy, quiet-spoken girl...

她是个害羞、说话轻声细语的女孩。