Definition of shirk in English:

shirk

verb ʃəːkʃərk

[with object]

1Avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility)
逃避（义务，责任）
I do not shirk any responsibility in this matter
在这件事上，我不逃避任何责任。
no object she is neither shirking nor lying
她既不在推诿，也不在说谎。
Example sentencesExamples
- Soon they were slacking off in school, shirking responsibilities, and turning to harder drugs for a better high.
- But he's going to do it shamefully and in full recognisance that he's basically shirking his intellectual responsibilities to the world.
- Who takes action, and with what promptness, against teachers seen to be even brazenly shirking their duties?
- She suffers, true; she complains, also true; but she has not shirked her duty, nor shied away from pain.
- The root cause is specialization amongst the lower ranks in the Force, which is a cover for shirking responsibility.
- The lighting of the stove and the provision of the tea were done on a rota basis with nobody shirking their duty including the washing up.
- I can never be accused of shirking my responsibilities.
- Vote, it says, or you have shirked your religious duty.
- ‘The government has steered clear of the problem and shirked its duty,’ he said.
- If not, they are shirking their duty - both to the national defense and to the very goal of diversity that they profess to cherish.
- Your columnists would be shirking their responsibility if they ignored these factors.
- We will do so without shirking our responsibility to the people of this district.
- All through those weeks of killings the state and Central government kept on shirking their responsibilities.
- No decent Aussie wants to support queue jumping or shirking responsibility.
- And they have suggested strongly that America is shirking its moral responsibility when it refuses to venture abroad in search of monsters to destroy.
- ‘It is a matter of law and not of fact,’ she said, adding that in her opinion, to decline to hear the matter would be shirking her responsibility as a judge.
- Insightful without being pedantic, learned but not overbearing, the book is full of humorous anecdotes while never shirking the factual responsibility of the historian.
- Here Moses claims God is shirking responsibility for his people.
- By ignoring their epistemic and metaphysical brokenness, we are shirking our Christian duty to truly show love for our neighbor.
- Renouncing these prodigal sons and attempting to lay them at the door of the west is shirking responsibility.
Synonyms
evade, dodge, avoid, get out of, sidestep, shuffle off, run away from, shrink from, shun, slide out of, play truant from, skip, miss, not attend
neglect, let slide, not attend to, pay little/no attention to, be remiss about, be lax about, leave undone, lose sight of, skimp on
informal duck, duck out of, cop out of
British informal skive off, funk
North American informal cut
Australian/New Zealand informal duck-shove
evade one's duty, be remiss, be negligent, skulk, play truant, malinger
British informal skive (off), wag, dodge the column, swing the lead, scrimshank, slack
North American informal goof off, goldbrick, play hookey
Australian/New Zealand informal bludge, play the wag
1. 1.1shirk fromno object, usually with negative Be unwilling to do (something difficult)
  逃避做（难事），不愿做（难事）
  we will not shirk from closing a school if the evidence should justify it
  如有事实证明关闭一所学校是正确的，那我们就不会退脱。

noun ʃəːkʃərk

archaic

A person who shirks.
〈古〉逃避责任（或义务）者
Example sentencesExamples
- The boy was a shirk, anyway, so he wouldn't really be missed.
- His status as a shirk would normally render him somewhat of a pariah.

Derivatives

shirker

nounˈʃəːkəˈʃərkər

I'd rather just loudly insist that people who favor war go fight in it themselves or be damned as showboaters and shirkers.
Example sentencesExamples
- Whatever the detail of the debates over incapacity benefit, there is no doubt that his sympathies do not lie with those he would consider shirkers.
- He don't have time for those what don't care to work, and he'd sooner drown you than put up with idlers or shirkers.
- And if the socialist shirkers riot, shoot them!
- To stand for the shirkers, stand strong in their place.
Synonyms
dodger, truant, (habitual) absentee, malingerer, layabout, loafer, idler
informal slacker, cyberslacker
British informal skiver, wag, scrimshanker
Australian/New Zealand informal duck-shover
archaic shirk

Origin

Mid 17th century (in the sense 'practise fraud or trickery'): from obsolete shirk 'sponger', perhaps from German Schurke 'scoundrel'.

shark from late 16th century:
We do not know where the name for the fish comes from, but it is thought that the shark as in loan shark may be from German Schurke ‘worthless rogue’, influenced by the zoological term. Shirk (mid 17th century) originally meaning a scrounger, may be from the same German word. The sense ‘avoid work’ dates from the late 18th century.

Rhymes

berk, berserk, Burke, cirque, dirk, Dunkirk, erk, irk, kirk, lurk, mirk, murk, outwork, perk, quirk, smirk, stirk, Turk, work

Definition of shirk in US English:

shirk

verbʃərkSHərk

[with object]

1Avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility)
逃避（义务，责任）
their sole motive is to shirk responsibility and rip off the company
Example sentencesExamples
- All through those weeks of killings the state and Central government kept on shirking their responsibilities.
- I can never be accused of shirking my responsibilities.
- Insightful without being pedantic, learned but not overbearing, the book is full of humorous anecdotes while never shirking the factual responsibility of the historian.
- And they have suggested strongly that America is shirking its moral responsibility when it refuses to venture abroad in search of monsters to destroy.
- Soon they were slacking off in school, shirking responsibilities, and turning to harder drugs for a better high.
- Vote, it says, or you have shirked your religious duty.
- ‘The government has steered clear of the problem and shirked its duty,’ he said.
- She suffers, true; she complains, also true; but she has not shirked her duty, nor shied away from pain.
- If not, they are shirking their duty - both to the national defense and to the very goal of diversity that they profess to cherish.
- By ignoring their epistemic and metaphysical brokenness, we are shirking our Christian duty to truly show love for our neighbor.
- Your columnists would be shirking their responsibility if they ignored these factors.
- ‘It is a matter of law and not of fact,’ she said, adding that in her opinion, to decline to hear the matter would be shirking her responsibility as a judge.
- Here Moses claims God is shirking responsibility for his people.
- No decent Aussie wants to support queue jumping or shirking responsibility.
- We will do so without shirking our responsibility to the people of this district.
- Who takes action, and with what promptness, against teachers seen to be even brazenly shirking their duties?
- The root cause is specialization amongst the lower ranks in the Force, which is a cover for shirking responsibility.
- But he's going to do it shamefully and in full recognisance that he's basically shirking his intellectual responsibilities to the world.
- The lighting of the stove and the provision of the tea were done on a rota basis with nobody shirking their duty including the washing up.
- Renouncing these prodigal sons and attempting to lay them at the door of the west is shirking responsibility.
Synonyms
evade, dodge, avoid, get out of, sidestep, shuffle off, run away from, shrink from, shun, slide out of, play truant from, skip, miss, not attend
evade one's duty, be remiss, be negligent, skulk, play truant, malinger
1. 1.1shirk fromno object, usually with negative Be unwilling to do (something difficult)
  逃避做（难事），不愿做（难事）
  we will not shirk from closing a school if the evidence should justify it
  如有事实证明关闭一所学校是正确的，那我们就不会退脱。

nounʃərkSHərk

archaic

A person who shirks.
〈古〉逃避责任（或义务）者
Example sentencesExamples
- His status as a shirk would normally render him somewhat of a pariah.
- The boy was a shirk, anyway, so he wouldn't really be missed.

Origin

Mid 17th century (in the sense ‘practice fraud or trickery’): from obsolete shirk ‘sponger’, perhaps from German Schurke ‘scoundrel’.

词汇	shirk
释义	Definition of shirk in English: shirk verb ʃəːkʃərk [with object] 1Avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility) 逃避（义务，责任） I do not shirk any responsibility in this matter 在这件事上，我不逃避任何责任。 no object she is neither shirking nor lying 她既不在推诿，也不在说谎。 Example sentencesExamples Soon they were slacking off in school, shirking responsibilities, and turning to harder drugs for a better high. But he's going to do it shamefully and in full recognisance that he's basically shirking his intellectual responsibilities to the world. Who takes action, and with what promptness, against teachers seen to be even brazenly shirking their duties? She suffers, true; she complains, also true; but she has not shirked her duty, nor shied away from pain. The root cause is specialization amongst the lower ranks in the Force, which is a cover for shirking responsibility. The lighting of the stove and the provision of the tea were done on a rota basis with nobody shirking their duty including the washing up. I can never be accused of shirking my responsibilities. Vote, it says, or you have shirked your religious duty. ‘The government has steered clear of the problem and shirked its duty,’ he said. If not, they are shirking their duty - both to the national defense and to the very goal of diversity that they profess to cherish. Your columnists would be shirking their responsibility if they ignored these factors. We will do so without shirking our responsibility to the people of this district. All through those weeks of killings the state and Central government kept on shirking their responsibilities. No decent Aussie wants to support queue jumping or shirking responsibility. And they have suggested strongly that America is shirking its moral responsibility when it refuses to venture abroad in search of monsters to destroy. ‘It is a matter of law and not of fact,’ she said, adding that in her opinion, to decline to hear the matter would be shirking her responsibility as a judge. Insightful without being pedantic, learned but not overbearing, the book is full of humorous anecdotes while never shirking the factual responsibility of the historian. Here Moses claims God is shirking responsibility for his people. By ignoring their epistemic and metaphysical brokenness, we are shirking our Christian duty to truly show love for our neighbor. Renouncing these prodigal sons and attempting to lay them at the door of the west is shirking responsibility. Synonyms evade, dodge, avoid, get out of, sidestep, shuffle off, run away from, shrink from, shun, slide out of, play truant from, skip, miss, not attend neglect, let slide, not attend to, pay little/no attention to, be remiss about, be lax about, leave undone, lose sight of, skimp on informal duck, duck out of, cop out of British informal skive off, funk North American informal cut Australian/New Zealand informal duck-shove evade one's duty, be remiss, be negligent, skulk, play truant, malinger British informal skive (off), wag, dodge the column, swing the lead, scrimshank, slack North American informal goof off, goldbrick, play hookey Australian/New Zealand informal bludge, play the wag 1.1shirk fromno object, usually with negative Be unwilling to do (something difficult) 逃避做（难事），不愿做（难事） we will not shirk from closing a school if the evidence should justify it 如有事实证明关闭一所学校是正确的，那我们就不会退脱。 noun ʃəːkʃərk archaic A person who shirks. 〈古〉逃避责任（或义务）者 Example sentencesExamples The boy was a shirk, anyway, so he wouldn't really be missed. His status as a shirk would normally render him somewhat of a pariah. Derivatives shirker nounˈʃəːkəˈʃərkər I'd rather just loudly insist that people who favor war go fight in it themselves or be damned as showboaters and shirkers. Example sentencesExamples Whatever the detail of the debates over incapacity benefit, there is no doubt that his sympathies do not lie with those he would consider shirkers. He don't have time for those what don't care to work, and he'd sooner drown you than put up with idlers or shirkers. And if the socialist shirkers riot, shoot them! To stand for the shirkers, stand strong in their place. Synonyms dodger, truant, (habitual) absentee, malingerer, layabout, loafer, idler informal slacker, cyberslacker British informal skiver, wag, scrimshanker Australian/New Zealand informal duck-shover archaic shirk Origin Mid 17th century (in the sense 'practise fraud or trickery'): from obsolete shirk 'sponger', perhaps from German Schurke 'scoundrel'. shark from late 16th century: We do not know where the name for the fish comes from, but it is thought that the shark as in loan shark may be from German Schurke ‘worthless rogue’, influenced by the zoological term. Shirk (mid 17th century) originally meaning a scrounger, may be from the same German word. The sense ‘avoid work’ dates from the late 18th century. Rhymes berk, berserk, Burke, cirque, dirk, Dunkirk, erk, irk, kirk, lurk, mirk, murk, outwork, perk, quirk, smirk, stirk, Turk, work Definition of shirk in US English: shirk verbʃərkSHərk [with object] 1Avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility) 逃避（义务，责任） their sole motive is to shirk responsibility and rip off the company Example sentencesExamples All through those weeks of killings the state and Central government kept on shirking their responsibilities. I can never be accused of shirking my responsibilities. Insightful without being pedantic, learned but not overbearing, the book is full of humorous anecdotes while never shirking the factual responsibility of the historian. And they have suggested strongly that America is shirking its moral responsibility when it refuses to venture abroad in search of monsters to destroy. Soon they were slacking off in school, shirking responsibilities, and turning to harder drugs for a better high. Vote, it says, or you have shirked your religious duty. ‘The government has steered clear of the problem and shirked its duty,’ he said. She suffers, true; she complains, also true; but she has not shirked her duty, nor shied away from pain. If not, they are shirking their duty - both to the national defense and to the very goal of diversity that they profess to cherish. By ignoring their epistemic and metaphysical brokenness, we are shirking our Christian duty to truly show love for our neighbor. Your columnists would be shirking their responsibility if they ignored these factors. ‘It is a matter of law and not of fact,’ she said, adding that in her opinion, to decline to hear the matter would be shirking her responsibility as a judge. Here Moses claims God is shirking responsibility for his people. No decent Aussie wants to support queue jumping or shirking responsibility. We will do so without shirking our responsibility to the people of this district. Who takes action, and with what promptness, against teachers seen to be even brazenly shirking their duties? The root cause is specialization amongst the lower ranks in the Force, which is a cover for shirking responsibility. But he's going to do it shamefully and in full recognisance that he's basically shirking his intellectual responsibilities to the world. The lighting of the stove and the provision of the tea were done on a rota basis with nobody shirking their duty including the washing up. Renouncing these prodigal sons and attempting to lay them at the door of the west is shirking responsibility. Synonyms evade, dodge, avoid, get out of, sidestep, shuffle off, run away from, shrink from, shun, slide out of, play truant from, skip, miss, not attend evade one's duty, be remiss, be negligent, skulk, play truant, malinger 1.1shirk fromno object, usually with negative Be unwilling to do (something difficult) 逃避做（难事），不愿做（难事） we will not shirk from closing a school if the evidence should justify it 如有事实证明关闭一所学校是正确的，那我们就不会退脱。 nounʃərkSHərk archaic A person who shirks. 〈古〉逃避责任（或义务）者 Example sentencesExamples His status as a shirk would normally render him somewhat of a pariah. The boy was a shirk, anyway, so he wouldn't really be missed. Origin Mid 17th century (in the sense ‘practice fraud or trickery’): from obsolete shirk ‘sponger’, perhaps from German Schurke ‘scoundrel’.
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