shirk

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

shirks

V_ing/Gerund

shirking

V_ed/pp

shirked

1.
(transitive)To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
2.
(intransitive)To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
If you have a job, don't shirk from it by staying off work.
September 7, 1830, Lord Byron, letter to Mr. Murray One of the cities shirked from the league.
3.
(transitive)To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

shirks

1.
One who shirks, who avoids a duty or responsibility.
Đồng nghĩa: dodger
2.
(uncountable)(Islam) The unforgivable sin of association (claiming something or someone can share in the oneness of God).

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

dodger shrink

Cùng gốc / liên quan

multishirkshirker shirky unshirkingmushrik

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Nguồn gốc từ

First use appears c. 1633, in the publications of Shackerley Marmion, apparently from association with shark, or otherwise directly from German Schurke (rogue, knave).