shrug

verb

1. 耸肩（表示不知道或不在乎）
   to raise your shoulders and then drop them to show that you do not know or care about sth
   1. Sam shrugged and said nothing.
      萨姆耸耸肩膀，什么也没说。
   2. ‘I don't know,’ Anna replied, shrugging her shoulders.
      “我不知道。”安娜耸耸肩膀，应了一句。

1. VERB 耸肩(表示不感兴趣、不知道或不在乎)
   If you shrug, you raise your shoulders to show that you are not interested in something or that you do not know or care about something.
   1. I shrugged, as if to say, 'Why not?'...
      我耸了耸肩，仿佛在说，“为什么不?”
   2. The man shrugged his shoulders.
      那男子耸了耸肩。
   3. Shrug is also a noun.
      
   4. 'I suppose so,' said Anna with a shrug.
      “我想是吧，”安娜耸了耸肩说道。

1. Mme Arlette gave a Gallic shrug.
   阿莱特女士做了一个法国式的耸肩动作。
2. Erica made a little deprecating shrug.
   埃丽卡有点不以为然地耸耸肩。
3. I shrugged, as if to say, 'Why not?'
   我耸了耸肩，仿佛在说，“为什么不？”
4. The man shrugged his shoulders.
   那男子耸了耸肩。
5. He gave a feeble shrug and tried to squirm free
   他无力地耸耸肩，扭动身体想要挣脱。
6. So what to do besides complain and shrug this off as yet another failing of an ineffective government?
   那么，除了对效率低下的政府表示抱怨和无奈外，印度人还能做什么？
7. The same news would have induced a shrug from a good guitar repairman back in the states.
   而如果在美国，一位好的吉他修理师在知道我是谁后恐怕只会耸耸肩。
8. She replied by an elevation of the eyebrows, which did the office of a shrug of the shoulders.
   她扬了扬眉梢作为回答，那就等于耸了耸肩。
9. So with a shrug of her shoulders she tackled the advertising assignment she needed to complete.
   于是，她耸了耸肩，着手处理她必须完成的广告业务。
10. I shrug my shoulders when people tell me that their first impressions of a person are always right.
    每当有人跟我说他对一个人的首次印象向来不错的时候，我就耸耸肩。
11. Would an aeronautical engineer merely shrug his shoulders if a control panel malfunctioned in mid-flight?
    如果一个控制仪表板在飞行中发生故障，航空工程师会只是耸耸肩吗？
12. If he did shrug his shoulders, it was not till Sir William was out of sight.
    达西先生甚至连这些话也听得进去，直到威廉爵士走开以后，他方才耸了耸肩。
13. Being humble in your abilities but confident in your chances to grow will let you shrug off failures.
    在自己的能力上保持谦虚，但在自己成长的机会上保持自信，这会让你摆脱失败。
14. Usually I just laugh or shrug it off; it makes for funny conversation banter.
    通常情况下我只是笑笑或耸耸肩；它也使得谈话轻松有趣。
15. Come the crisis in Ireland, and the euro did little more than shrug.
    但当爱尔兰危机来临时，欧元不过是“耸了耸肩”。
16. Still, I have borne it with a patient shrug.
    可是，我只能对你忍气吞声。
17. This is not an issue on which Britain should shrug and look the other way.
    这不是一个英国应该耸耸肩、避而不谈的问题。
18. She can shrug off all her troubles.
    她对她的麻烦事满不在乎。
19. He could only shrug and smile.
    他只能耸耸肩一笑了之。
20. They would shrug their shoulders, and treat you like a child.
    他们一定会耸耸肩膀，把你当作孩子看待！
21. She brushed off every suggestion with a shrug and raised eyebrows.
    她对每一个建议都不接受，只是双肩一耸，眉毛一抬了事。
22. I hope I manage to shrug off this cold before I go on holiday.
    在去度假之前，我希望能摆脱感冒。
23. He turned off the question with a shrug of the shoulder.
    他耸耸肩回避开了这个问题。
24. Jane answered my question with a shrug of her shoulders.
    简耸耸肩膀回答了我的问题。
25. Only in this way can laid-off workers completely shrug off poverty and regain their dignity in life.
    只有这样下岗工人才能彻底摆脱贫困并且重新获得他们生命中的尊严。
26. Criticism which she can just about shrug off but which he takes painfully to heart.
    这种批评她差不多可以置之不理，但他却不能不感到痛心疾首。
27. It took me a long time to shrug off the effect of a drug.
    我花了好长时间才摆脱了药物的影响。
28. Try these strategies, and you'll be prepared to shrug off any tough situation thrown at you.
    尝试这些策略，你将摆脱任何投向你的困难问题。
29. "Marry her then," said the count, with a significant shrug of the shoulders.
    那么就娶她吧。伯爵说道，暗含讽刺地耸了耸肩。
30. I would answer with a shrug of my shoulders.
    我总是耸耸肩回答。

shrug sth off/aside

1. 不把…当回事；对…满不在乎；对…不予理睬
   to treat sth as if it is not important
   1. Sam shrugged and said nothing.
      萨姆耸耸肩膀，什么也没说。
   2. ‘I don't know,’ Anna replied, shrugging her shoulders.
      “我不知道。”安娜耸耸肩膀，应了一句。

shrug sb/sth off/away

1. 甩开；摆脱；抖落
   to push sb/sth back or away with your shoulders

noun

1. a gesture involving the shoulders

verb

1. raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation