The confident person doesn't shy from a challenge or competition, but they also know success is not a zero sum game.

自信的人并不羞于迎接挑战或竞争，但他们也明白，成功不是要建立在别人失败的基础上。

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Mrs. Archer was a shy woman and shrank from society; but she liked to be well-informed as to its doings.

阿切尔太太是位腼腆的女人。 她畏避社交界，但对其中的种种活动却喜欢了解得一清二楚。

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What we have today is a situation where children themselves shy away from continuing to secondary school because there is no future."

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

In other words, they don't shy away from it.

换句话说，他们从不对其避而不谈。

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"And,also,mainstream press have not been able to or shy away from reporting these cases.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

That's always going to be because folks once again, a snake-bitten gun-shy from the last time.

NPR: New Orleans Family Heads North

One could presumably make a case that beleaguered faiths always shy from admitting errancy in public.

NEWYORKER: I, Nephi

And, he adds, many investors are still gun-shy from the severe market drop in 2007-09.

WSJ: Note to Investors: Avoid the Mistakes of 2008