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Evade Verb 动词   [V N D Avoid Evading

英语单词 evade
英美音标 英 [ɪ'veɪd] 美 [ɪ'veɪd]
中文释义 v.逃避;躲避;规避
英语例句 (1) He could not evade the law.
(2) They evade paying taxes by living abroad.
(3) In order to evade the persecution of fascists, he had to escape abroad.
(4) Give me a direct answer, and stop evade the issue.
中文例句 (1) 他逃避不了法律。
(2) 他们住在国外以逃避交税。
(3) 为躲避法西斯的迫害,他不得不流徙到国外。
(4) 给我一个直截了当的回答,不要回避这一问题。
vocabulary简明 When you evade something, you escape it. You could evade a police chase by slipping into a secret alley, or you could evade your mother's questions about the missing cookies by slipping into another topic.
vocabulary扩展 Other things people like to evade? Death. Taxes. Creepy ex-boyfriends. The verb evade comes from Latin roots ex ("away) and vadere ("to walk"), meaning literally "to walk away or to escape." Definitely what you want to do with creepy ex-boyfriends.
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]规避;逃避 If you evade something, you find a way of not doing something that you really ought to do.
  [V n]
  • By his own admission, he evaded taxes as a Florida real-estate speculator...

    他亲口承认自己在佛罗里达从事房地产投机生意时逃过税。

  • Delegates accused them of trying to evade responsibility for the failures of the past five years.

    代表们指责他们企图逃避过去5年中多次失败应负的责任。

2
[VERB 动词]回避,避开(问题、话题等) If you evade a question or a topic, you avoid talking about it or dealing with it.
  [V n]
  • Mr Portillo denied he was evading the question...

    波蒂略先生否认自己正在回避那个问题。

  • Too many companies, she says, are evading the issue.

    她说太多公司都在回避这个问题。

3
[VERB 动词]躲避;避开 If you evade someone or something, you move so that you can avoid meeting them or avoid being touched or hit.
  [V n]
  • Under the pretence of lighting a candle, she evades him and disappears...

    她假装点蜡烛,避开他消失了。

  • She turned and gazed at the river, evading his eyes...

    她转身凝视着那条河,避开他的目光。

  • He managed to evade capture because of the breakdown of a police computer.

    因为警方一台电脑瘫痪,他成功地躲避了抓捕。

4
[VERB 动词](成功、光荣、爱情等)与…无缘 If something such as success, glory, or love evades you, you do not manage to have it.
  [V n]
  [LITERARY 文]
  • Happiness, which had been so elusive in Henry's life, still evaded him...

    亨利生活中过去一直难以捕捉的幸福仍旧与他无缘。

  • When she sat down at her desk she found that the words evaded her.

    当她在桌前坐下时,却发现自己不知道该说些什么了。

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