shelve

英 [ʃelv]

美 [ʃelv]

v.  搁置，停止(计划); 把…放在架子(或搁板)上; 倾斜; 成斜坡

过去分词：shelved　现在分词：shelving　过去式：shelved　第三人称单数：shelves　复数：shelves　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.13808 / COCA.15772

牛津词典

verb

• 搁置，停止（计划）
  to decide not to continue with a plan, either for a short time or permanently
  1. The government has shelved the idea until at least next year.
     政府决定把这个想法先放一放，至少推迟到明年再说。
• 把…放在架子（或搁板）上
  to put books, etc. on a shelf
• 倾斜；成斜坡
  to slope downwards
  1. The beach shelved gently down to the water.
     海滩缓缓地向下没入水中。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 搁置，停止执行，暂不进行(计划、项目)
  If someoneshelvesa plan or project, they decide not to continue with it, either for a while or permanently.
  1. Atlanta has shelved plans to include golf in the 1996 Games...
     亚特兰大已搁置了将高尔夫球纳入 1996 年奥运会的计划。
  2. Sadly, the project has now been shelved.
     不幸的是，计划现在已经搁浅。
• VERB (近海或海底陆地)向下倾斜,成斜坡
  If an area of ground next to or under the seashelves, it slopes downwards.
  1. The shoreline shelves away steeply.
     海岸线顺势陡直而下。
  2. ...a gently shelving beach.
     坡度平缓的海滩
• (shelf 的复数)
  Shelvesis the plural ofshelf.

英英释义

verb

• place on a shelf
  1. shelve books
• hold back to a later time
  1. let's postpone the exam
  Synonym:postponeproroguehold overput overtableset backdeferremitput off

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