Definition

to change a situation, discussion, etc by giving special attention to one idea or subject instead of to a previous one.

引申为表示观点、态度、聚焦点等的变化。

[Syn.] change, switch, transit, turn, avert, deflect, deviate, divert, pivot, veer, swing

An increasing number of English learners are shifting their focus from input to output.

Attitudes to homosexuality have shifted in recent years.

Many have shifted from owning bicycles to using shared bicycles.

I wanted to understand what was happening, and as the old values shifted, so did my concerns as a journalist.

Practice

1. 这家消费品公司的战略从国内市场转移到了国外市场。

The strategies of this consumer goods company have been shifted from domestic market to overseas market.

This consumer goods company has shifted its strategy from domestic market to overseas market.