elude

1. V-T If something that you want eludes you, you fail to obtain it. 不為…所獲得[no passive]

Sleep eluded her. 她失眠了。

2. V-T If you elude someone or something, you avoid them or escape from them. 躲避

He eluded the police for 13 years. 他躲了警察13年。

3. V-T If a fact or idea eludes you, you do not succeed in understanding it, realizing it, or remembering it. 把…難住[no passive]

The appropriate word eluded him. 他想不起來那個(gè)合適的詞。