shun

🇬🇧 UK/ʃʌn/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To deliberately avoid or keep away from a person or thing.

刻意回避,躲开

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
shunother
=shun

Common Collocations

  • 1.shun the spotlight避开聚光灯
  • 2.shun publicity回避公众关注
  • 3.shun society远离社会
  • 4.[shun responsibility]逃避责任

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    After the scandal, his former colleagues began to shun him at work.

  • 2.

    She has always shunned the spotlight, preferring a quiet life away from fame.

  • 3.

    The community shunned anyone who broke its strict moral code.

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