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

• He shunted her questions tactfully onto other topics.
  他巧妙地把她提出的问题转移到话题上去。
• 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。
• 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。
• The boss shunted him to a branch office.
  老板把他降职到分公司工作。
• Visitor-buyers are rarely shunted to courtesy interviews.
  来访的买方极少有被搁置到礼节性的会谈。
• I don't know about you, but I'm much more concerned about the teenagers who watch television when the little tykes have been shunted off to bed.
  我不了解你，但是，我非常关心十几岁的年轻人；当那些小淘气们被弄去睡觉后，他们还在看电视。
• The train was shunted to a branch line.
  列车被转入支轨。
• They also found that the olfactory lobe at the front of the brain, which processes the sense of smell, was shunted downwards.
  他们同时发现这些狗大脑前端负责嗅觉的嗅觉叶机能衰退。
• 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。
• 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。