shrug/ʃrʌɡ/ (shrugged, shrugged; shrugging)

vt

1. 耸肩(表示不在乎，不满，冷漠等)

• He just shrugged his shoulders on hearing the news. 听了这个消息他只是耸耸肩。

2. 以耸肩表示

• The man shrugged his opinion of this matter. 那个人耸耸肩表示对这件事的看法。

vi 耸肩(表示不在乎、不满、冷漠等)

• We just shrugged at his proposal. 我们对他的建议只是耸耸肩。

词组shrug off

1. 对…满不在乎；对…不屑一顾

• We can't just shrug these objections off. 我们不能对这些异议不屑一顾。

2. 摆脱；抖落

• That pain can't be shrugged off. 那种痛苦无法摆脱。