English Dictionary

shirk

/ʃɜːk/

verb

(transitive) To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from. / (intransitive) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.

He tends to shirk his responsibilities at work.

意味（1）

(transitive) To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.

the usual makeshift by which they try to shirk difficulties

意味（2）

(intransitive) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.

If you have a job, don't shirk from it by staying off work.

意味（3）

(transitive) To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.

You that never heard the call of any vocation, […] that shirk living from others, but time from yourselves.