Definition of shun in English:

shun

verbshunning, shuns, shunned ʃʌnʃən

[with object]

Persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution.
（因厌恶或谨慎而）避免；避开；回避
he shunned fashionable society
他回避上流社会。
Example sentencesExamples
- Written, directed and co-starring Jon Favreau, this film tells the story of a boxer who shuns the mob to pursue his boxing dreams.
- They have decisive, take-charge personalities in a society that shuns wishy-washiness.
- Also a divorced woman was shunned by society and treated as an outcast.
- He now lives a quiet, reclusive life in rural Cheshire, with wife Christine, shunning the media spotlight.
- Because if society shuns them and refuses to hire them, then what are they left with besides more crime?
- The country people were shunning the fruit because flies, which settled on dead rabbits with myxomatosis, also alighted on brambles.
- Tubin shuns big gestures in favour of reasoned argument, and the result is faceless music in which the craftsmanship is admirable but the final effect unmemorable.
- An actor, musician and songwriter of considerable talent, he shuns the celebrity lifestyle to relax with his family in suburban Dublin.
- The further that respectable society shuns the children, the more they follow the only route open to them and fulfil all negative expectations.
- Krusty shuns his old routines in favor of edgier material - and suddenly becomes the hottest comic in show business.
- So by claiming to shun public attention he evades confrontations and intensifies public curiosity.
- Walker, 72, is a volatile, elusive individual who shuns the press, but he consented to a brief interview about Sharpton.
- She shuns her friends' rules and game-playing ideas from the start.
- To eat alone by choice, shunning friends at mealtimes, would be another loss.
- People don't know what to do with their pain and so they shun them and they are then left alone in their pain.
- There is a small section of society that shuns the capitalistic ways of their fellow man.
- At the same time, India shuns international scrutiny and thereby denies international humanitarian access to internally displaced.
- Unlike some serious walkers, she said she shuns isotonic sports drinks and energy bars to refuel her body during walks, preferring instead to drink water and munch nuts.
- Throughout the film, we see how society shuns them as unclean and useless.
- It's a case of the more you attempt to avoid a public or shun publicity, the more it makes you enigmatic.
Synonyms
avoid, evade, eschew, steer clear of, shy away from, fight shy of, recoil from, keep away from, keep one's distance from, give a wide berth to, have nothing to do with, leave alone, not touch
snub, give someone the cold shoulder, cold-shoulder, ignore, turn one's back on, cut, cut dead, look right through
reject, rebuff, dismiss, brush off, turn down, spurn, disdain, refuse, decline, repudiate, ostracize
informal give someone the brush-off, tell someone where to get off, put down, freeze out, stiff-arm
British informal knock back, send to Coventry
North American informal give someone the bum's rush, give someone the brush
Australian informal snout
informal, dated give someone the go-by

Origin

Old English scunian 'abhor, shrink back with fear, seek safety from an enemy', of unknown origin.

Rhymes

begun, bun, done, Donne, dun, fine-spun, forerun, fun, gun, Gunn, hon, Hun, none, nun, one, one-to-one, outdone, outgun, outrun, plus-one, pun, run, son, spun, stun, sun, ton, tonne, tun, underdone, Verdun, won

Definition of shun in US English:

shun

verbʃənSHən

[with object]

Persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution.
（因厌恶或谨慎而）避免；避开；回避
he shunned fashionable society
他回避上流社会。
Example sentencesExamples
- Written, directed and co-starring Jon Favreau, this film tells the story of a boxer who shuns the mob to pursue his boxing dreams.
- To eat alone by choice, shunning friends at mealtimes, would be another loss.
- The country people were shunning the fruit because flies, which settled on dead rabbits with myxomatosis, also alighted on brambles.
- He now lives a quiet, reclusive life in rural Cheshire, with wife Christine, shunning the media spotlight.
- Also a divorced woman was shunned by society and treated as an outcast.
- Tubin shuns big gestures in favour of reasoned argument, and the result is faceless music in which the craftsmanship is admirable but the final effect unmemorable.
- Throughout the film, we see how society shuns them as unclean and useless.
- So by claiming to shun public attention he evades confrontations and intensifies public curiosity.
- People don't know what to do with their pain and so they shun them and they are then left alone in their pain.
- They have decisive, take-charge personalities in a society that shuns wishy-washiness.
- Unlike some serious walkers, she said she shuns isotonic sports drinks and energy bars to refuel her body during walks, preferring instead to drink water and munch nuts.
- An actor, musician and songwriter of considerable talent, he shuns the celebrity lifestyle to relax with his family in suburban Dublin.
- Walker, 72, is a volatile, elusive individual who shuns the press, but he consented to a brief interview about Sharpton.
- At the same time, India shuns international scrutiny and thereby denies international humanitarian access to internally displaced.
- There is a small section of society that shuns the capitalistic ways of their fellow man.
- Because if society shuns them and refuses to hire them, then what are they left with besides more crime?
- It's a case of the more you attempt to avoid a public or shun publicity, the more it makes you enigmatic.
- The further that respectable society shuns the children, the more they follow the only route open to them and fulfil all negative expectations.
- Krusty shuns his old routines in favor of edgier material - and suddenly becomes the hottest comic in show business.
- She shuns her friends' rules and game-playing ideas from the start.
Synonyms
avoid, evade, eschew, steer clear of, shy away from, fight shy of, recoil from, keep away from, keep one's distance from, give a wide berth to, have nothing to do with, leave alone, not touch

Origin

Old English scunian ‘abhor, shrink back with fear, seek safety from an enemy’, of unknown origin.

词汇	shun
释义	Definition of shun in English: shun verbshunning, shuns, shunned ʃʌnʃən [with object] Persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution. （因厌恶或谨慎而）避免；避开；回避 he shunned fashionable society 他回避上流社会。 Example sentencesExamples Written, directed and co-starring Jon Favreau, this film tells the story of a boxer who shuns the mob to pursue his boxing dreams. They have decisive, take-charge personalities in a society that shuns wishy-washiness. Also a divorced woman was shunned by society and treated as an outcast. He now lives a quiet, reclusive life in rural Cheshire, with wife Christine, shunning the media spotlight. Because if society shuns them and refuses to hire them, then what are they left with besides more crime? The country people were shunning the fruit because flies, which settled on dead rabbits with myxomatosis, also alighted on brambles. Tubin shuns big gestures in favour of reasoned argument, and the result is faceless music in which the craftsmanship is admirable but the final effect unmemorable. An actor, musician and songwriter of considerable talent, he shuns the celebrity lifestyle to relax with his family in suburban Dublin. The further that respectable society shuns the children, the more they follow the only route open to them and fulfil all negative expectations. Krusty shuns his old routines in favor of edgier material - and suddenly becomes the hottest comic in show business. So by claiming to shun public attention he evades confrontations and intensifies public curiosity. Walker, 72, is a volatile, elusive individual who shuns the press, but he consented to a brief interview about Sharpton. She shuns her friends' rules and game-playing ideas from the start. To eat alone by choice, shunning friends at mealtimes, would be another loss. People don't know what to do with their pain and so they shun them and they are then left alone in their pain. There is a small section of society that shuns the capitalistic ways of their fellow man. At the same time, India shuns international scrutiny and thereby denies international humanitarian access to internally displaced. Unlike some serious walkers, she said she shuns isotonic sports drinks and energy bars to refuel her body during walks, preferring instead to drink water and munch nuts. Throughout the film, we see how society shuns them as unclean and useless. It's a case of the more you attempt to avoid a public or shun publicity, the more it makes you enigmatic. Synonyms avoid, evade, eschew, steer clear of, shy away from, fight shy of, recoil from, keep away from, keep one's distance from, give a wide berth to, have nothing to do with, leave alone, not touch snub, give someone the cold shoulder, cold-shoulder, ignore, turn one's back on, cut, cut dead, look right through reject, rebuff, dismiss, brush off, turn down, spurn, disdain, refuse, decline, repudiate, ostracize informal give someone the brush-off, tell someone where to get off, put down, freeze out, stiff-arm British informal knock back, send to Coventry North American informal give someone the bum's rush, give someone the brush Australian informal snout informal, dated give someone the go-by Origin Old English scunian 'abhor, shrink back with fear, seek safety from an enemy', of unknown origin. Rhymes begun, bun, done, Donne, dun, fine-spun, forerun, fun, gun, Gunn, hon, Hun, none, nun, one, one-to-one, outdone, outgun, outrun, plus-one, pun, run, son, spun, stun, sun, ton, tonne, tun, underdone, Verdun, won Definition of shun in US English: shun verbʃənSHən [with object] Persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution. （因厌恶或谨慎而）避免；避开；回避 he shunned fashionable society 他回避上流社会。 Example sentencesExamples Written, directed and co-starring Jon Favreau, this film tells the story of a boxer who shuns the mob to pursue his boxing dreams. To eat alone by choice, shunning friends at mealtimes, would be another loss. The country people were shunning the fruit because flies, which settled on dead rabbits with myxomatosis, also alighted on brambles. He now lives a quiet, reclusive life in rural Cheshire, with wife Christine, shunning the media spotlight. Also a divorced woman was shunned by society and treated as an outcast. Tubin shuns big gestures in favour of reasoned argument, and the result is faceless music in which the craftsmanship is admirable but the final effect unmemorable. Throughout the film, we see how society shuns them as unclean and useless. So by claiming to shun public attention he evades confrontations and intensifies public curiosity. People don't know what to do with their pain and so they shun them and they are then left alone in their pain. They have decisive, take-charge personalities in a society that shuns wishy-washiness. Unlike some serious walkers, she said she shuns isotonic sports drinks and energy bars to refuel her body during walks, preferring instead to drink water and munch nuts. An actor, musician and songwriter of considerable talent, he shuns the celebrity lifestyle to relax with his family in suburban Dublin. Walker, 72, is a volatile, elusive individual who shuns the press, but he consented to a brief interview about Sharpton. At the same time, India shuns international scrutiny and thereby denies international humanitarian access to internally displaced. There is a small section of society that shuns the capitalistic ways of their fellow man. Because if society shuns them and refuses to hire them, then what are they left with besides more crime? It's a case of the more you attempt to avoid a public or shun publicity, the more it makes you enigmatic. The further that respectable society shuns the children, the more they follow the only route open to them and fulfil all negative expectations. Krusty shuns his old routines in favor of edgier material - and suddenly becomes the hottest comic in show business. She shuns her friends' rules and game-playing ideas from the start. Synonyms avoid, evade, eschew, steer clear of, shy away from, fight shy of, recoil from, keep away from, keep one's distance from, give a wide berth to, have nothing to do with, leave alone, not touch Origin Old English scunian ‘abhor, shrink back with fear, seek safety from an enemy’, of unknown origin.
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