单词 | turning away |
释义 | turning away (once / 2320 pages) n WORD FAMILY turn away: turned away, turning away, turns away USAGE EXAMPLESArlene hugged them all again and showed them to the door, turning away a customer who tried to sneak through the open door. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) It also accused the Bangladeshi government of actively turning away refugees. BBC(Dec 18, 2016) The opposition said it continued to support a 10.5% tax like New Zealand, arguing Australia risked turning away working holiday-makers. BBC(Nov 27, 2016) n deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening Syn|Hypo|Hyper avoidance, dodging, shunning aversion, averting the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away escapean avoidance of danger or difficulty near thingsomething that barely avoids failure or disaster rejection the act of rejecting something |
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