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/əvɔ͟ɪd/
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[VERB 动词]避免,防止(坏事发生) If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
  [V n]
  [V -ing]
  • The pilots had to take emergency action to avoid a disaster...

    飞行员不得不采取紧急措施避免灾难的发生。

  • Women have to dress modestly, to avoid being harassed by the locals.

    女士穿着应当庄重,以免受到当地人的骚扰。

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[VERB 动词]避免(做…) If you avoid doing something, you choose not to do it, or you put yourself in a situation where you do not have to do it.
  [V -ing]
  [V n]
  • By borrowing from dozens of banks, he managed to avoid giving any of them an overall picture of what he was up to...

    他向许多银行借款,使得任何一家都搞不清楚他到底要做什么。

  • He was always careful to avoid embarrassment.

    他总是小心谨慎地避免尴尬。

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[VERB 动词]躲开(人、事物);回避(话题) If you avoid a person or thing, you keep away from them. When talking to someone, if you avoid the subject, you keep the conversation away from a particular topic.
  [V n]
  • She eventually had to lock herself in the toilets to avoid him...

    她最后只好把自己锁在厕所里来躲开他。

  • All through lunch he had carefully avoided the subject of the house.

    整个午饭期间,他一直在小心翼翼地回避房子的话题。

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[VERB 动词](人或车改变方向)避让 If a person or vehicle avoids someone or something, they change the direction they are moving in, so that they do not hit them.
  [V n]
  • The driver had ample time to brake or swerve and avoid the woman.

    司机有足够的时间刹车或急转弯,来避开那个女人。

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to avoid someone or something like the plague→see:
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    When you try not to do something, you say that you avoid doing it, not that you 'avoid to do it'. This leaflet tells you how to avoid getting ill. If you want to suggest that you cannot stop yourself from doing something, you should use the expression can't help. I'm sorry, I can't help being suspicious... Nobody liked her to cough, but she couldn'thelp it. If you prevent something, you do something to ensure that it does not happen. They must take urgent action to prevent a famine. If you prevent accidents or diseases, you stop them from happening. If you avoid accidents or diseases, you succeed in not having them or catching them. ...a rope that prevented her from falling. ...a sound recommendation for avoiding cancer. Note that you do not use prevent when telling people about danger. The word you use is warn, and you can warn people about or of a danger. You can also warn them that something is happening or warn them to do something. I warned her about the hole in the floor... She warned me to stay away.

    当表示避免做某事时,用avoid doing it, 不能用avoid to do it。例如:This leaflet tells you how to avoid getting ill(这个小册子指导人们如何预防疾病)。如果想表示情不自禁地做某事,用短语can't help。例如:I'm sorry, I can't help being suspicious(对不起,我忍不住要表示怀疑),Nobody liked her to cough, but she couldn't help it(大家都不希望她咳嗽,但她忍不住)。prevent意为防止某事发生,例如:They must take urgent action to prevent a famine(他们必须立即采取行动预防饥荒)。prevent后接事故或疾病,表示防止其发生。avoid后接事故或疾病,表示成功地避免受影响或感染。例如:a rope that prevented her from falling(让她不至于摔倒的绳子),a sound recommendation for avoiding cancer(预防癌症的合理建议)。注意,在告诉别人有危险时,不用prevent,而用warn。警告某人某事要发生或告诫某人做某事也可用warn。例如:I warned her about the hole in the floor (我提醒她地上有个洞), She warned me to stay away (她警告我离远点儿)。


    Oxford avoid / əˈvɔɪd ; NAmE əˈvɔɪd / verb 1 to prevent sth bad from happening 避免;防止 avoidsth The accident could have been avoided. 这个事故本来是可以避免的。 They narrowly avoideddefeat. 他们险些遭击败了。 The name was changed to avoid confusion with another firm. 改名是为了避免和另一家公司混淆。 avoiddoing sth They built a wall to avoid soil being washed away. 他们建了一堵墙防止土壤流失。 2 to keep away from sb/sth; to try not to do sth 回避;避开;躲避 avoidsb/sth He's been avoiding me all week. 整整一个星期他一直在回避我。 She kept avoiding my eyes (= avoided looking at me). 她总是躲避我的目光。 I left early to avoid the rush hour. 我早早动身以避开交通高峰时刻。 avoiddoing sth I've been avoiding getting down to work all day. 我一整天都刻意不投入工作。 You should avoid mentioning his spanorce. 你应该避免提及他离婚的事。 3 avoidsth to prevent yourself from hitting sth 避免撞到(某物) The car swerved to avoid a cat. 那辆车突然一个急转弯以避免轧到一只猫。 IDIOM avoid sb/sth like the ˈplague ( informal) to try very hard not to meet sb, do sth, etc. 像避瘟疫似地躲着某人(或某事物);尽量避开某人(或某事物) more at
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    avoid / əˈvɔɪd ; NAmE əˈvɔɪd /
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    avoida‧void /əˈvɔɪd/ ●●● S2 W1 verb [transitive]
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    1to prevent something bad from happening:  Road safety is taught to young children to avoid road accidents. It is important to take measures to avoid the risk of fire.avoid doing something The refugees left to avoid getting bombed. Alan narrowly avoided an accident.2to stay away from someone or something, or not use something:  Everyone seemed to be avoiding Nick. She carefully avoided his eyes (=did not look directly at his face). Pregnant women should avoid certain foods such as raw eggs. Why did you speak to him? You usually avoid him like the plague (=try hard to avoid him).3to deliberately not do something, especially something wrong, dangerous, or harmful:  There are ways of legally avoiding taxes.avoid doing something You should avoid over-spending in the first half of the year.GRAMMARAvoid is followed by an -ing form, not an infinitive. You say: · They are able to avoid paying taxes. Don’t say: They are able to avoid to pay taxes.Grammar guide ‒ VERBSTHESAURUSto avoid a person or placeavoid to deliberately not go near a person or place: · Why have you been avoiding me?· We avoided Park Street because of the traffic.stay away/keep away to avoid a person or place, especially a dangerous one: · She walked along the path, keeping well away from the edge of the cliff.· That man is trouble – I’d stay away from him.steer clear of somebody/something informal to avoid a person or place, because there could be problems if you do not: · I usually steer clear of the kitchen when Alan’s cooking.· I’d steer clear of Matthew if I were you.make a detour to avoid a place by travelling around it instead of through the centre: · We had to make a long detour because of the floods.to avoid doing somethingavoid to find a way of not doing something that you should do: · Some people will do anything to avoid work.get out of something to avoid doing something you should do or something you promised to do. Get out of is more common than avoid in everyday spoken English: · We promised we’d go – we can’t get out of it now.wriggle out of something (also wiggle out of something American English) to avoid doing something you should do by making up excuses – used to show disapproval: · He always seems to wriggle out of helping with the kids.evade formal to avoid doing something that legally or morally you should do – used especially about taxes or responsibilities: · It is an offence to evade taxes.· The US cannot evade its responsibility for the war.
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    [əˈvɔɪd]avoided, avoiding, avoids

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    避免(96%),逃避(3%),撤销(1%)
    vt.避免;避开,躲避;消除

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