shun(动词):刻意避开;躲避;回避;(因不赞成而)拒绝来往、排斥。常用于表示主动、明确地不去接触某人/某事。(也可指“回避某个地方/活动/话题”等。)
/ʃʌn/
She shunned the crowd and waited outside.
她避开人群,在外面等着。
After the scandal, many former friends shunned him, as if his presence were contagious.
丑闻之后,许多昔日朋友都刻意疏远他,仿佛他的出现会“传染”什么似的。
来自古英语 scunian,意为“避开、厌恶、逃避”。其核心语感一直是“主动地躲开/不与之接触”,后来也常用于社会关系层面的“排斥、孤立”。