| 单词 | shelve |
| 释义 | shelve (ʃelv ) Word forms: shelves , shelving , shelved 1. verb If someone shelves a plan or project, they decide not to continue with it, either for a while or permanently. Atlanta has shelved plans to include golf in the 1996 Games. [VERB noun] Sadly, the project has now been shelved. [be VERB-ed] Synonyms: postpone, put off, defer, table [US] 2. verb If an area of ground next to or under the sea shelves, it slopes downwards. The shoreline shelves away steeply. [VERB adverb/preposition] ...a gently shelving beach. [VERB-ing] Synonyms: bulging, poppingof an eye, proud [dialect], prominent 3. Shelves is the plural of shelf. Collocations: shelve a plan Last month the government was obliged to shelve a plan to complete the bank's return to the private sector. Times, Sunday Times But now the 130,000-a-week striker has shelved the plans. The Sun While the previous government promised to remove the charges, the coalition shelved the plans in 2010. Times, Sunday Times Recent volatility in equity and bond markets has dampened investor appetite for share listings, forcing many companies to shelve their plans for a stock market debut. Times, Sunday Times It shelved a plan last year because of weak market conditions and had been expected to reveal the demerger this week. Times, Sunday Times A decision was made to shelve the project. ST They are therefore expected to shelve the project for at least the next five years. Times, Sunday Times However, the scenes were so politically sensitive that the government shelved the project before completion. Times, Sunday Times He has since shelved the project. Times, Sunday Times Some developers have spent 20 million each on planning so far and will shelve the projects if they have little chance of going ahead. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 搁置 Japanese: 棚上げにする |
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