shift

背诵

Attitude towards homosexuality has shifted recent years .

attitude要加s ??

in recent years

towards?

Recent years have seen a shift in attitudes to homosexuality .

要仔细核对啊，a shift 不是 the shift 。 shift 变化的是attitudes 不是直接加同性恋

to 不是 towards

shift in attitudes to

a shift in attitude
a shift in public opinion
a shift in perspective
a shift in emphasis / mood / tone
a shift in direction / policy / strategy / focus

A shift comes in people's financial focus with gloomy economy .

翻译

中国经济正在经历从劳动密集型向智力密集型的转变。

China is experiencing a shift from a labor intensive economy to a knowledge-intensive economy

造句

Recent years have seen a shift in public opinion to education .

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gloomy

showing that things are not going well and will probably not go well in the future

shift

变化abrupt, sudden
突然的改变decisive, irreversible, long-term
决定性的变化；不可逆转的改变；长期的变化climate, cultural, demographic, ideological, policy, population
气候变化；文化变迁；人口的转移；意识形态的转变；政策变化

VERB + SHIFT

be, represent
构成变化；表明变化:
These proposals represent a dramatic shift in policy.
这些提议表明了政策的重大变化。

bring about, cause, lead to, produce, result in
带来转变；导致变化；产生变化mark, see
标志着变化； 历经变化:

The moment marked a significant shift in attitudes to the war.

这一时刻标志着对战争的态度有了重大转变。

detect
察觉变化:

I detected a subtle shift towards our point of view. 我察觉到了一丝倾向于我们观点的细微变化。

explain
解释变化:one factor which may explain the president’s policy shift也许可以解释总统政策变化的一个因素

SHIFT + VERBoccur, take place
变化发生:

These climate shifts occurred over less than a decade. 这些气候变化是在不到10 年的时间内发生的。

PREP.~ between
… 之间的变化:

the many shifts between verse and prose that occur in Shakespeare 莎士比亚作品中诗歌和散文之间的诸多变换~ (away) from
背离…的变化:the shift away from direct taxation 从直接税的转变~ in
…的变化:a shift in public opinion 民意的变化~ to
向…的变化:a sudden shift to the right in British politics 英国政治的突然右倾~ towards
朝…的变化:a shift towards part-time farming 向兼营农业的转变2