| 词汇 | shelved |
| 释义 | shelved past simple and past participle ofshelve shelve verb uk /ʃelv/ us /ʃelv/ shelveverb (DELAY)[ T ] to not take action on something until a later time: 推迟处理，搁置 I've had to shelve my plans to buy a new car, because I can't afford it at the moment.我不得不推迟买新车的计划，因为目前我还买不起。 Delaying and wasting time ado busywork buy timeidiom carry something over dally gridlock hold up inefficiency inefficiently kept kick pigeonhole push raincheck retard retardation set someone back (something) shelve spin stall shelveverb (SHELF)[ T ] to put something onto shelves, or to fix shelves somewhere把…放在架子上;给…装上架子 Building: carpentry & joinery beading bevel bevelled cabinetmaker carpenter fretsaw gimlet intarsia jigsaw joiner joinery mitre plane prime sand sandpaper sawdust seasoned shelve woodwork You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Placing and positioning an object shelveverb (SLOPE)[ I ] geology specialized When a surface such as the bottom of the sea shelves, it slopes down gradually: （海底等平面）逐渐倾斜 The sea bed shelves gently for several hundred metres.海床在几百米内逐渐倾斜。 Slanting, sloping, leaning, tilting acclivity angled anteversion anteverted askew incline lean lopsided lopsidedly lopsidedness obliquely pitch rake slant slanting slantingly slantwise slope sloping steep Examples of shelvedshelved In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. At best, matters are referred to committees, whose reports are shelved. Here then the argument from fit has been shelved altogether. Two factors prevented the issue from being shelved. I already noted that the bills were shelved for almost a month. This interim report procedure provides each house with a way to salvage a bill being shelved in committee. It may or may not have been shelved, but there is certainly no indication that it is to be implemented rapidly. Even authorized channels, however, already by-pass the rapidly ageing shelved volumes. The primary effect was that privatisation of hospital refectories was shelved and a more serious engagement initiated. The book problem also had to compete with other important questions, and reports about it to the prime minister were shelved. Many projects have been stalled or shelved completely owing to a lack of good images. After each commission on reservation submitted a report its recommendations were either partly concealed, or shelved, but never fully implemented. The works would usually tick over satisfactorily66 in his absence but all new problems were shelved and the rebellious took the opportunity to prepare their grievances. The arguments over manpower could be shelved. Finally, provider motivation is relevant not only at the time when contract tenders and quality standards are specified, after which the matter can be quietly shelved until contract renewal. It could mean that the vexed problem of the time-expired registrars will be shelved by calling them all medical assistants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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