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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Shirk \Shirk\, v. i.
   1. To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.

   2. To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty,
      as by running away.

            One of the cities shirked from the league. --Byron.

Shirk \Shirk\, n.
   One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the
   performance of duty or labor.

Shirk \Shirk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shirked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Shirking}.] [Probably the same word as shark. See {Shark},
   v. t.]
   1. To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean
      solicitation.

            You that never heard the call of any vocation, . . .
            that shirk living from others, but time from
            Yourselves.                           --Bp. Rainbow.

   2. To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying
      unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty.

            The usual makeshift by which they try to shirk
            difficulties.                         --Hare.

资料来源 : WordNet®

shirk
     v 1: avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked
          his duties" [syn: {fiddle}, {shrink from}, {goldbrick}]
     2: avoid dealing with; "She shirks her duties"
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