evade
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If you evade something, you find a way of not doing something that you really ought to do. 逃避
By his own admission, he evaded paying taxes as a Florida real-estate speculator. 據(jù)他自己承認,他作為佛羅里達房地產(chǎn)投機商時逃過稅。
2. V-T If you evade a question or a topic, you avoid talking about it or dealing with it. 回避 (問題、話題)
Too many companies, she says, are evading the issue. 她說太多公司都在回避這個問題。
3. V-T If you evade someone or something, you move so that you can avoid meeting them or avoid being touched or hit. 避開
She turned and gazed at the river, evading his eyes. 她轉(zhuǎn)身注視著那條河,避開了他的目光。
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evade /??ve?d/ (evading,evaded,evades)
劍橋詞典
- formal
to avoid or escape from someone or something
逃脫,躲開;回避,逃避
The police have assured the public that the escaped prisoners will not evade recapture for long . 警方向公眾保證,逃犯很快就會再次落網(wǎng)。
She leaned forward to kiss him but he evaded her by pretending to sneeze . 她身子前傾想要吻他,可他假裝打噴嚏躲開了。
An Olympic gold medal is the only thing that has evaded her in her remarkable career . 在其輝煌的運動生涯中,唯一沒有得到的榮譽就是奧運會金牌。
[ 動詞后面接一個動詞ing結(jié)構(gòu) ] He can't evade doing military service forever . 他不可能永遠逃避服兵役。
?evade the issue, question, etc.
to intentionally not talk about something or not answer something
回避議題/問題(等等)
Just give me an answer and stop evading the question ! 直截了當?shù)鼗卮鹞?,不要再回避問題! 返回 evade