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单词 shifty
释义 shifty
\ˈshiftē, -ti\ adjective
(usually -er/-est)
1. : full of expedients : capable of meeting situations : resourceful
 < the exigencies of a new country made them quick-witted and shifty — Edward Eggleston >
2.
 a. : given to deception, evasion, or fraud : slippery, tricky
  < the shifty little men whose craftiness for once would fail them — A.P.Davies >
 b. : capable of evasive movement : elusive
  < a small, shifty back who's tough to nail with a low tackle — Eugene Hopper >
3. : indicative or characteristic of a deceitful or untrustworthy person : furtive
 < the shifty eyes above the lying mouth would peer and probe — G.D.Brown >
4. : not fixed : changeable, unstable
 < grammatical phenomena are extremely numerous, extremely varied, and bafflingly shifty — Charlton Laird >
5. : shifting or tending to shift in position or direction
 < if the shifty election-year winds should blow the nomination into his lap — Newsweek >
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