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avoid vt.避免；逃避；[律]使无效；撤销 (1) 你应避免不必要的重复。(2) 他会随便找个借口来逃避洗碗。(3) 没有人能够逃避自己的责任。 The verb avoid means to stop yourself from doing something or to keep something from happening. You might avoid the old lady next door who smells funny and always wants to pinch your cheek, or you could avoid a certain dangerous neighborhood in your city by taking a different route when you're walking home. It's easy to get avoid confused with a similar word, evade, which means "to avoid in a particularly tricky or sneaky way."

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英 [ə'vɔɪd] 美 [ə'vɔɪd] (1) You should avoid unnecessary repetition.(2) He'll grab at any excuse to avoid doing the dishes.(3) No one can avoid his own responsibility. If you avoid drinking coffee right before bed because it tends to keep you awake and makes you jittery, that means that you stay away from coffee at night. 1[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。2[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。3[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。4[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。5 to avoid someone or something like the plague→see: plague； Usage Note :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)。

英语单词	avoid
英美音标	英 [ə'vɔɪd] 美 [ə'vɔɪd]
中文释义	vt.避免；逃避；[律]使无效；撤销
英语例句	(1) You should avoid unnecessary repetition. (2) He'll grab at any excuse to avoid doing the dishes. (3) No one can avoid his own responsibility.
中文例句	(1) 你应避免不必要的重复。 (2) 他会随便找个借口来逃避洗碗。 (3) 没有人能够逃避自己的责任。
vocabulary简明	If you avoid drinking coffee right before bed because it tends to keep you awake and makes you jittery, that means that you stay away from coffee at night.
vocabulary扩展	The verb avoid means to stop yourself from doing something or to keep something from happening. You might avoid the old lady next door who smells funny and always wants to pinch your cheek, or you could avoid a certain dangerous neighborhood in your city by taking a different route when you're walking home. It's easy to get avoid confused with a similar word, evade, which means "to avoid in a particularly tricky or sneaky way."
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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。 3 [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。 4 [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。 5 to avoid someone or something like the plague→see: plague ； Usage Note : 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)。

Avoid Prevent [V Verb 动词 Action N Warn