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shelter
UK ['ʃel.tər] US [-tˌɚ] noun countable or uncountable
IMPROVER
■(a building designed to give) protection from bad weather, danger or attack 掩蔽（处）；遮蔽（处）•an air-raid shelter防空洞 •They opened a shelter to provide temporary housing for the city's homeless.他们开设了一个收容所，为该市的无家可归者提供临时的住宿。 •The trees gave/provided some shelter from the rain.这些树遮了一些雨。 find/take shelter
■to protect yourself from bad weather, danger or attack 躲避•We took shelter for the night in an abandoned house.我们在一栋废弃的房子里躲了一夜。
UK ['ʃel.tər] US [-tˌɚ] verb
PROTECT 保护
intransitive or transitive
■to protect yourself, or another person or thing, from bad weather, danger or attack 躲避；保护；遮蔽•We were caught in a thunderstorm, without anywhere to shelter.我们遇上了雷阵雨，没有避雨的地方。 •A group of us were sheltering from the rain under the trees.我们一群人在树下避雨。 transitive
■to give someone a secret hiding place so that they will not be caught by the army, police, etc. 为…提供避难的地方•Local people risked their own lives to shelter resistance fighters from the army.当地的人们冒着生命危险，为反抗组织的战士提供避难所，使其免遭军队逮捕。
UK ['ʃel.tər] US [-tˌɚ] verb
AVOID TAX 逃税
transitive US
■If you shelter income, you legally avoid paying taxes on it 如果你将收入投资，就可合法避免相关税收。•Their accountant suggested some novel ways of sheltering their retirement income.他们的会计师向他们建议退休收入投资的一些新方法。 |