Shape常作为名词，本义是状态形状。例如：Thebusiness is in good shape.

Shape的动词性则有强大含义，那就是塑造，形成，铸就

这个组织的战术是塑造网上讨论。This organization’s tactic is to shape online discussion.

这些事件塑造了历史。Thoseevents shaped history.

shape也可以塑造人: 不管喜欢与否，我们的家庭塑造我们的生活并铸就我们的个性。Like it or not, our families shapeour lives and make us what we are.

年轻人的身份也被数字时代所塑造。The identities of the young are also shaped by the digital age.