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单词 elude
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elude

Surely this was the foot of the unique woman who had so long eluded him.The parrot had still eluded capture on the morning of her wedding.Yet still one part eludes her.The definitive explanation still eludes us.So happiness is good for you - yet it still eludes all too many of us.But a second Derby still eluded him.Yet he still eluded capture.Live specimens still elude researchers.He eluded capture many times.Fifth place was the best on offer in Korea and victories still elude the Finn.HE eluded capture for 43 years.

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elude

British English: elude VERB
If something that you want eludes you, you fail to obtain it.
Sleep eluded her.
  • American English: elude
  • Brazilian Portuguese: escapar de
  • Chinese: 不为…所获得
  • European Spanish: eludir
  • French: échapper à
  • German: sich entziehen
  • Italian: non venire asonno
  • Japanese: すり抜ける
  • Korean: 빠져나가다
  • European Portuguese: escapar de
  • Latin American Spanish: eludir

(verb) 
Definition
to avoid or escape from (someone or something)
The thieves managed to elude the police for months.
Synonyms
evade
He managed to evade the police for six months.
escape
He was lucky to escape serious injury.
lose
I couldn't lose him, but he couldn't overtake.
avoid
He had ample time to swerve and avoid the hedgehog.
flee
He slammed the bedroom door behind him and fled.
duck (informal)
He had ducked the confrontation.
dodge
Thieves dodged the security system in the shop.
get away from
shake off
run away from
circumvent (formal)
Military rulers tried to circumvent the treaty.
outrun
There are not many sprinters in the world who can outrun her.
body-swerve
(verb) 
Definition
to fail to be understood or remembered by
The appropriate word eluded him.
Synonyms
escape
an actor whose name escapes me for the moment
baffle
An apple tree producing square fruit is baffling experts.
frustrate
The government has deliberately frustrated his efforts.
puzzle
What puzzles me is why nobody has complained before now.
stump
Well, maybe I stumped you on that one.
be beyond (someone)
confound
For many years medical scientists were confounded by these seemingly contradictory facts.

Usage note

Elude is sometimes wrongly used where allude is meant: he was alluding (not eluding) to his previous visit to the city.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of avoid
Definition
to keep out of the way of
He had ample time to swerve and avoid the hedgehog.
Synonyms
keep away from,
dodge,
shun,
evade,
steer clear of,
sidestep,
circumvent (formal),
bypass,
slip through the net,
body-swerve,
give a wide berth to
in the sense of baffle
Definition
to perplex
An apple tree producing square fruit is baffling experts.
Synonyms
puzzle,
beat (slang),
amaze,
confuse,
stump,
bewilder,
astound,
elude,
confound,
perplex,
disconcert,
mystify,
flummox,
boggle the mind of,
dumbfound
in the sense of circumvent
Definition
to avoid or get round (a rule, restriction, etc.)
Military rulers tried to circumvent the treaty.
Synonyms
evade,
bypass,
elude,
steer clear of,
sidestep

Nearby words of
elude

  • elsewhere
  • elucidate
  • elucidation
  • elude
  • elusive
  • Elysian
  • emaciated

Synonyms of 'elude'

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