词族 · shelve
中文词源
shelve 搁置，中止，停止
来自 shelf 的动词形式，比较 proof,prove.引申比喻义搁置，中止，停止。
英语词源
- shelve (v.1)
- 1590s, "to overhang," also "to provide with shelves," probably a back-formation from shelves, plural of shelf (n.1). Meaning "put on a shelf" first recorded 1650s; metaphoric sense of "lay aside, dismiss" is from 1812. Related: Shelved; shelving.
- shelve (v.2)
- "to slope gradually," 1610s, from Middle English shelven "to slope," from shelfe "grassy slope," a word related to shelf (n.1). Related: Shelved; shelving.
权威例句
- 1. They shelve the letters and do not give them due consideration.
- 他们把信件压起来,不加处理.
- 2. The United States is pulling from their shelve toys made in china.
- 美国从他们拉扯搁置玩具中国制造.
- 3. People shelve the out - of - fashion moral icon and espouse the philosophy of egoism.
- 搁置了人民的时尚图标和拥护道德哲学的利己主义.
- 4. After a sneak preview of the film they decided to shelve it.
- 该影片在试映后,他们决定把它搁置起来.
- 5. They had to shelve their holiday plans because their son was ill.
- 他们不得不把度假计划搁置,因为他们的儿子病了.