| 释义 |
shut someone/thing out1Screen someone or something from view: clouds shut out the stars...- Free and unfettered, the press can shut people out, ignore their views, or unfairly constrict debate.
- And so it grew and grew until the summit was shut out of view from the valley, and over the valley itself was an everextending canopy, opaque and grey.
Synonyms keep out, block out, screen, cover up, hide, conceal, veil 1.1Block something from the mind: anything he didn’t like he shut out...- The tears slid down my cheeks and I closed my eyes to shut his face out of my mind.
- He shut his uncharacteristic anxiety out of his mind disdainfully.
- I thought the story had run its course and I shut royal affairs out of my mind.
Synonyms block, suppress, halt, stop, forget 2Prevent something from occurring or someone from doing something: there was a high-mindedness which shut out any consideration of alternatives...- The best officials usually don't know the final score; they officiate in a zone, where the crowd noise is shut out.
- South Africa had already guaranteed a spot in the finals but, aiming to shut the Australians out of the best-of-three finals series, abandoned the biggest run-chase of the series.
- The Indians were shut out three times in his first 14 starts and scored three runs or fewer in eight of them.
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