circumnavigate
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If someone circumnavigates the world or an island, they sail all the way around it. 環(huán)航[正式]
For this year at least, our race to circumnavigate the globe in less than 80 days is over. 至少在今年,我們在八十天內完成環(huán)球航行結束了。
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circumnavigate /?s??k?m?n?v??ɡe?t/ (circumnavigating,circumnavigated,circumnavigates)
劍橋詞典
circumnavigate verb [T] (SAIL AROUND)
formalto sail all the way around something
繞…航行;繞道,繞行
They circumnavigated Cape Horn Island in canoes . 他們乘獨木舟繞合恩角航行。
circumnavigate verb [T] (AVOID)
to move around something in order to avoid hitting it
避開,繞行
We carried the picture carefully through to the main exhibition , circumnavigating several obstacles en route . 我們一路繞過了好幾個障礙,小心翼翼地把這幅畫運送到主展覽會。
to avoid something by taking a particular course of action
繞開,繞過,避免觸犯(法律規(guī)定等)
Manufacturers and shops circumnavigate (= avoid ) gun laws by providing realistic models that are unable to discharge missiles . 廠商和商店為了避免觸犯槍支法,銷售無法射擊的真槍模型。 返回 circumnavigate