get a shift on

(Brit. informal)hurry up

(英，非正式)加快；趕緊

it's quite a drive to London, so we should really get a shift on.

到倫敦去車程不算近，所以我們真該加快了。

make shift

do what one wants to do in spite of not having ideal conditions

盡力做到；將就；湊合

shift for oneself

manage as best one can without help

自力更生；單獨應(yīng)付

shift one's ground

say or write something that contradicts something one has previously written or said

改變立場，改變主張

shifting sands

something that is constantly changing, especially unpredictably

（尤指沒有預(yù)料的）不斷變化

whether something is accepted depends upon &B{the shifting sands of} taste.

某樣?xùn)|西是否會被接受，取決于不斷變化的口味。