单词	shun
释义	shunshun /ʃʌn/ verb (past tense and past participle shunned, present participle shunning) [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINshun Origin: Old English scunian Verb Table VERB TABLE shun Simple Form Present I, you, we, they shun he, she, it shuns Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they shunned Present perfect I, you, we, they have shunned he, she, it has shunned Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had shunned Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will shun Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have shunned Continuous Form Present I am shunning he, she, it is shunning you, we, they are shunning Past I, he, she, it was shunning you, we, they were shunning Present perfect I, you, we, they have been shunning he, she, it has been shunning Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been shunning Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be shunning Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been shunning Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Recently bereaved widows often fell they are being shunned by people who don't know what to say to them. Some young women are shunned by their families when they become pregnant outside of marriage. When the rumors started, the children found themselves shunned by their classmates. Wilson is a quiet man who shuns publicity. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS As governor, Weld has shunned political action committee contributions. But unlike other Hasidic sects, Lubavitch does not shun the outside world. He is also described as the quiet one who shuns publicity and lets the rest of the band enjoy the limelight. He knew that this tunnel-like place was shunned by tramps and feared even by drunks and peg-sellers. The new pattern shunned the old industrial areas and the conurbation centres. Then came the Framework Agreement, which again shunned free-market solutions in favor of further discrimination, steep restrictions and inefficiencies. They are likely shunned by the elitists of the profession. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto reject someone who wants to be friendly or help you► reject to refuse to speak or listen to someone who wants to be friendly with you or wants to help you: · Samantha had consistently rejected all Bob's offers of help.· She's scared to try to talk to him about it in case he rejects her again.· As a child he was repeatedly rejected by both parents. ► rebuff to reject someone's friendly invitation or offer in an unpleasant or rude way, so that they feel offended: · She rebuffed all my attempts to make things up between us, till eventually my patience snapped.· Despite being rebuffed again and again, he continued to phone her. ► give somebody the brush-off informal to refuse to accept someone's help, friendship, invitations etc in a rude and unfriendly way: · Russell tried to give me the brush-off, but I don't give up that easily.· The new director of the Urban League was given the brush-off by City Hall. ► snub to deliberately behave in an unfriendly way to someone, for example by ignoring them or being rude to them, so that they feel hurt: · Rosanna felt snubbed when she wasn't invited to the wedding.· High-schoolers will often snub anyone they feel is different or strange.· When the college invited him to speak, he was snubbed by students who felt his policies were unfair to minorities. ► ostracize also ostracise British if a group of people ostracize a person or another group, they refuse to talk to them and make them feel that they are strongly disliked: · Many young people are unwilling to admit that they are gay because they fear being ostracized.· He had committed crimes so appalling that even other prisoners ostracized him. ► shun to refuse to accept or be friendly with someone, especially because they are different from you in some way or have done something that you disapprove of: · Some young women are shunned by their families when they become pregnant outside of marriage.· Recently bereaved widows often feel they are being shunned by people who don't know what to say to them. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► shunned publicity  a shy woman who shunned publicity COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► shun publicity · He lives quietly in Acton with his wife and two sons and shuns publicity. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► tend · They have little ambition, tend to shun responsibility, and like to be directed. 3. to deliberately avoid someone or something:  a shy woman who shunned publicity Victims of the disease found themselves shunned by society.
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