When he had gambled his money, he was put to shifts to live.

Overcrowding is so bad that prisoners have to sleep in shifts, while others have to stand.

过度拥挤的现象十分严重，囚犯们不得不轮流睡觉，其他人则只能站着。

He uses some dubious shifts to get money.

他用一些可疑的手段去赚钱.

Our factory operates round the clock on three shifts.

我们厂日夜三班倒.

I work split shifts in a busy restaurant.

我在一家繁忙的餐馆上间隔班。

The action of the novel shifts from Paris to London.

小说情节从巴黎移到了伦敦。

It's hard work shifting snow.

清除积雪是很吃力的工作.

Miss Ophelia lifted out the shifting papers of sweet herbs.

奥菲丽亚小姐把那几个包香料的破纸包取了出来.

It was a constant war, and you face a constantly shifting target.

它是一场持续不断的战争, 你所面对的目标是不断地变换的.

Every step forward requires testing the ground ahead for shifting sands.

每前进一步都可能遇到意想不到的困难.

Some measures are needed to secure the farmland against shifting sand.

需要采取措施使农田免遭流沙的侵袭.

We have planted trees as a hedge against shifting sand.

我们植树以防流沙的侵袭.

Historically, shifting cultivation was not limited to the tropics.

历史上烧垦农业并不限于热带.

The Croatian town of Ilok is a classic case of shifting populations.

伊洛卡的克罗地亚小镇就是人口不停流动的典型例子。

Men and women hurried by in long, shifting lines.

她感到这不断的人流,像生活的滚滚波涛, 在奋斗在逐利.

He was shifting about uneasily in his chair.

他在椅子上不安地动来动去.

He stopped, shifting his cane to his left hand.

他停了下来，将手杖移到左手。

He had been a rock in the shifting sands of her existence.

他一直是她曲折坎坷的生活中的主心骨。

He shifted the case from one hand to the other.

他把手提箱从一只手移到另一只手.

He nervously shifted his weight from foot to foot.

他很紧张,重心在双脚之间来回换.

He shifted his position from the horizontal.

他从水平姿势变换成其他姿势。