Shift

Shift: to change a situation, discussion, etc by giving special attention to one idea or subject instead of to a previous one

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例句：

1) An increasing number of English learners are shifting their focus from input to output.

“shift”也引申为观点、态度、聚焦点等的变化，很多时候都可以用它替换“change”。

最近几年大众对同性恋的态度已经有所改变：

2) Attitudes to homosexuality have shifted in recent years.

很多人已经不再选择拥有自己的自行车，而是骑共享单车了：

3) Many have shifted from owning bicycles to using shared bicycles.

William Zinsser 在写到自己写作的兴趣时也用到了“shift”：

4) I wanted to understand what was happening, and as the old values shifted, so did my concerns as a journalist.

译：这家消费品公司的战略从国内市场转移到了国外市场。

我的版本：The strategy of this consuming consumer goods company has shifted from domestic market to overseas market. (A of B名词化严重，啰嗦，shift可做vt.)

参考翻译：This consumer goods company has shifted its strategy from domestic market to overseas market.

场景1：支付方式的转变

Alipay and WeChat Pay are shaping our lives. Most of us have shifted ways of payment from cash or credit cards to a few taps on the phone or just a scanning of QR Code.

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Stubbornness is also determination. It's simply a matter of shifting from "won't power" to "will power."

                    —Peter McWilliams, Life 101