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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

avoid

英  [əˈvɔɪd]
    

[VERB]

    VERB. 动词

  • avoids , avoiding , avoided

    1. [T 及物动词] 避免（坏事的发生）

    If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.

    近义词

    prevent , stop

    双语例句

    例：

    The pilots had to take emergency action to avoid a disaster.

    飞行员们不得不采取紧急措施避免发生灾难。

    例：

    Lift the table carefully to avoid damaging it.

    小心点儿抬桌子，免得碰坏了。

    2. [T 及物动词] 避免（做某事）

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    By borrowing from dozens of banks, he managed to avoid giving any of them an overall picture of what he was up to.

    通过向几十家银行借钱，他得以让任何一家都看不透他要做什么。

    3. [T 及物动词] 避开

    If you avoid a person or thing, you keep away from them. When talking to someone, if you avoid a particular subject, you keep the conversation away from it.

    双语例句

    例：

    She eventually had to lock herself in the women's toilets to avoid him.

    为了避开他，她最后不得不把自己锁在女厕所里。

    4. [T 及物动词] （人或车）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.

    双语例句

    例：

    The driver had ample time to brake or swerve and avoid the woman.

    该司机有足够的时间刹车或急转弯来避让那个女子。

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