shelve

US [ʃelv]
UK [ʃelv]
  • v.搁置；把…放在架子（或搁板）上；倾斜；成斜坡
  • Web束之高阁；解雇；不予考虑
Simple Present：shelves  Present Participle：shelving  Past Tense：shelved  

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Shelve
v.
1.
[t]
~ sth
搁置，停止（计划）to decide not to continue with a plan, either for a short time or permanently
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。
2.
[t]
~ sth
把…放在架子（或搁板）上to put books, etc. on a shelf
3.
[i]
(+ adv./prep.)
倾斜；成斜坡to slope downwards
The beach shelved gently down to the water.
海滩缓缓地向下没入水中。

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Definition:
AllAll,搁置搁置,把…放在架子上把…放在架子上,倾斜倾斜,成斜坡成斜坡,束之高阁束之高阁,解雇解雇,不予考虑不予考虑
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1.
At the moment anybody in a regular job who has an idea for a new company has a very strong incentive to shelve his idea and stay put.
这样任何有想法要建立新公司的人，如果他有份正式的工作，他一定会搁置想法，原地不动。
zhè yàng rèn hé yǒu xiǎng fǎ yào jiàn lì xīn gōng sī de rén , rú guǒ tā yǒu fèn zhèng shì de gōng zuò , tā yí dìng huì gē zhì xiǎng fǎ , yuán dì bù dòng 。
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2.
Shelve your pending changes when you are not ready to or cannot check in a set of pending changes.
在您未准备好或者无法签入一组挂起的更改时，可以搁置挂起的更改。
zài nín wèi zhǔn bèi hǎo huò zhě wú fǎ qiān rù yī zǔ guà qǐ de gēng gǎi shí , kě yǐ gē zhì guà qǐ de gēng gǎi 。
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3.
And she will have to shelve any presidential aspirations of her own that she may still harbour.
而且她将不得不搁置可能仍存在于心中的、当总统的愿望。
ér qiě tā jiāng bù dé bù gē zhì kě néng réng cún zài yú xīn zhōng de 、 dāng zǒng tǒng de yuàn wàng 。
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4.
But when they moved to Chicago so he could take a job on the Sun-Times, his managing editor ordered her to shelve her ambitions.
但当他们为了她丈夫到《芝加哥太阳报（Sun-Times）》工作而搬到芝加哥时，她丈夫的执行总编命令她收敛自己的野心。
dàn dāng tā men wèi le tā zhàng fu dào 《 zhī jiā gē tài yáng bào ( Sun-Times ) 》 gōng zuò ér bān dào zhī jiā gē shí , tā zhàng fu de zhí xíng zǒng biān mìng lìng tā shōu liǎn zì jǐ de yě xīn 。
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5.
Career issues or practical problems sometimes require you to shelve certain aspects of your private or romantic life for a short while.
职业问题或者现实中的问题有时需要你暂时搁置下你的私人或者感情生活。
zhí yè wèn tí huò zhě xiàn shí zhōng de wèn tí yǒu shí xū yào nǐ zàn shí gē zhì xià nǐ de sī rén huò zhě gǎn qíng shēng huó 。
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6.
Already, economists say Russia will have to shelve its plan for a large sovereign-wealth fund that will invest in foreign companies.
经济学家说，俄罗斯已经不得不搁置组建一家大型主权财富基金投资海外公司的计划。
jīng jì xué jiā shuō , é luó sī yǐ jīng bù dé bù gē zhì zǔ jiàn yì jiā dà xíng zhǔ quán cái fù jī jīn tóu zī hǎi wài gōng sī de jì huà 。
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7.
Defer, postpone, shelve, stay, suspend The central meaning shared by these verbs is "to put off until a later time"
这些动词共有的主要的意思是“延迟直至稍晚一点儿的时间”
zhè xiē dòng cí gòng yǒu de zhǔ yào de yì si shì " yán chí zhí zhì shāo wǎn yì diǎn er de shí jiān "
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8.
It is still possible that new developments could lead Google to shift tack or shelve plans for the storage offering in the coming months.
未来几个月中，谷歌仍可能会根据新的进展来调整或搁置这项存储服务计划。
wèi lái jǐ gè yuè zhōng , gǔ gē réng kě néng huì gēn jù xīn de jìn zhǎn lái tiáo zhěng huò gē zhì zhè xiàng cún chǔ fú wù jì huà 。
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9.
In a similar manner, they shelve the TRUTH about electricity for the same reason.
以近似的方式，他们为同一个原因控制着关于电性的真相。
yǐ jìn shì de fāng shì , tā men wèi tóng yī gè yuán yīn kòng zhì zhe guān yú diàn xìng de zhēn xiàng 。
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10.
I really bought this expecting to shelve it with all my other unusable cosmetics. I was amazed how soothing this was for my skin!
我买了这个产品时也确实有想过会跟其他所有没用的化妆品放在了一起。
wǒ mǎi le zhè ge chǎn pǐn shí yě què shí yǒu xiǎng guò huì gēn qí tā suǒ yǒu méi yòng de huà zhuāng pǐn fàng zài le yì qǐ 。
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