shunted

英 [ˈʃʌntɪd]

美 [ˈʃʌntɪd]

v.  使(火车或火车车厢)转轨; 调往，转至(次要的地方)
shunt的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB (通常因为不方便而)将…转移至别处，将…调往别处
  If a person or thingis shuntedsomewhere, they are moved or sent there, usually because someone finds them inconvenient.
  1. He has spent most of his life being shunted between his mother, father and various foster families...
     他一生中的大部分时间都在他母亲、父亲及各种各样的寄养家庭之间辗转度过。
  2. Independent thinkers are shunted into minor jobs or refused promotion.
     见解独到的人士要么被调往次要的岗位，要么就不被提升。
• VERB 使(火车车皮或车厢)转轨
  When railway enginesshuntwagons or carriages, they push or pull them from one railway line to another.
  1. The GM diesel engine shunted the coaches to Platform 4.
     通用柴油动力火车头将车厢转轨到了 4 号月台。

双语例句

• The train was shunted to a branch line.
  列车被转入支轨。
• She's been shunted off to an office in the annexe.
  她已调到附属建的办事处去了。
• The China Star was quietly shunted into a siding and forgotten as the Chinese companies were encouraged to ramp up digestion of foreign technology instead.
  中华之星悄悄驶入侧路后便被遗忘，政府鼓励国内企业转而加紧消化国外技术。
• Everyone has to listen and follow, and those that refuse to do so get shunted to the side.
  所有人都必须倾听并遵从，拒绝这样做的人则被边缘化。
• Although unemployment will probably rise further, there should be fewer people shunted out of the labour market who find it hard to get back.
  尽管失业率还会进一步上涨，也不会有很多人因难以找到工作离开劳动力市场。
• The point was that if the majority of long-distance traffic was shunted out of towns and cities, that the downtown centers of those places would become more pleasant to live, shop, and work.
  也就是说，如果让大部分长途车流绕开城区，那么，市中心地区就会有更宜人的居住、购物和工作环境。
• Independent thinkers are shunted into minor jobs or refused promotion.
  见解独到的人士要么被调往次要的岗位，要么就不被提升。
• Many viewers are fed up with their favourite sitcoms being shunted to later times because of live football coverage.
  因现场直播足球而推迟了人们喜欢的情景喜剧，许多电视观众对此感到不满。
• But after the disgrace and sacking of the railways minister and a series of other corruption investigations, the construction of the system itself may be shunted onto the slow track.
  但是当铁路部长因贪污丑闻而被解除职务以及其他一系列和高铁项目有关的贪污行为调查后，高铁体系的建设本身可能进入一个缓慢的轨道。
• He shunted the conversation ( on) to more interesting subjects.
  他把谈话转到更有趣的话题上。