每日一词37 shift

shift: 动词和名词都表示观点，态度，聚焦点的变化。

shift后面搭配的介词是in. 如: a shift in attitude/opinion/perspective/emphasis/mood/tone/direction/focus/stragety/policy...

例句:

1. 最近几年大众对同性恋的态度已经有所改变了。

shift所为动词: Attitudes to homosexuality have shifted in recent years.

shift作为名词: Recent year have been a shift attitude to homosexuality.

2. With the gloomy economy comes a shift in personal financial focus: people are more careful about spending and tend to spend primarily on truly necessary items.(倒装语句，come提前，正常语序为 a shift comes in personal financial focus with the gloomy economy.)

3. Alphabet has confronted worrisome transitions, such as the shift from desktop PCs to mobile. Its ad business is still booming. because it devised a way to deliver ads on small screen. It is possible that Google's ads model in future shift to taking a fee for each transaction it facilitates.

作业:

1. 复习 shift 动词用法

2. 搭配:

作为名词: adj搭配，distinct / dramatic / fundamental / marked / profound / major / prounced / radicial / significant / substantial shift

discernible shift 显而易见的变化

slight/ subtle/ gradual/ abrupt / sudden shift

decisive / irreversible / long-term shift

climate/ cultural / demographic/ ideological / policy/ population shift

v搭配: be/ represent a shift.

bring about/ cause / lead to / produce/ result in the shift

mark/ see the shift...标志着...变化

The moment marked a significant shift in attitudes towards the war.

shift+v搭配: shift occur/ take place

These climate shifts occurred over less than a decade.

prep搭配: shift between....and

shift in...., ....的变化

shift to....，向...的变化

shift towards....，朝....变化

2. 翻译:

China is experiencing a shift from labor-intensive economy to a knowledge- intensive economy.

3.场景: 中国的化工行业对环保关注的转变

Chinese chemical industry had a marked shift in environmental protection focus in recent two years.