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Hly2004 Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
"shrink"
He always shrinks from facing up to his family problems.
or
He always escapes from his family problems
or
He always turns his back upon his family problems
(all of the above mean 'he hides himself from the probelms")
Which one is more right? and how's said in an idiom?Thanks!
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He always escapes from his family problems
or
He always turns his back upon his family problems
(all of the above mean 'he hides himself from the probelms")
Which one is more right? and how's said in an idiom?Thanks!
Top answer
Depending on what you want to say, you can use "shirk" as well. Definition: to evade the performance of an obligation I can see people drinking themselves to death as a way of escaping from their problems. I can also see somebody refusing to help, like "turning your back on your family".
- Depending on what you want to say, you can use "shirk" as well.
- Definition: to evade the performance of an obligation I can see people drinking themselves to death as a way of escaping from their problems.
- I can also see somebody refusing to help, like "turning your back on your family".
- Or one can recoil/shrink from whatever burden...
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Depending on what you want to say, you can use "shirk" as well.
Definition: to evade the performance of an obligation
I can see people drinking themselves to death as a way of escaping from their problems.
I can also see somebody refusing to help, like "turning your back on your family".
Or one can recoil/shrink from whatever burden...
Definition: to evade the performance of an obligation
I can see people drinking themselves to death as a way of escaping from their problems.
I can also see somebody refusing to help, like "turning your back on your family".
Or one can recoil/shrink from whatever burden...
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to Julielai :
Thank you,I learned a lot of expressions from you.And by the way ,your signature words are very beautiful.
Thank you,I learned a lot of expressions from you.And by the way ,your signature words are very beautiful.
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Hly2004to Julielai :
Thank you,I learned a lot of expressions from you.And by the way ,your signature words are very beautiful.
Thank you, but as you know, I didn't write it Su Tung Po did.
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