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单词 circumvent
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circumvent

The problem in banking is that ingenuity is invested in schemes to circumvent regulation.The settlers swiftly found ways to circumvent all restrictions.The 32-year-old could move on an initial loan to circumvent the problem.There is no suggestion that K2 was designed to circumvent the law in this way.In practice, broadcasting organisations were easily able to circumvent the ban by using the voices of actors.Traffic wardens in Bristol who issue the most tickets are being rewarded with meals and pens to circumvent a ban on financial incentives.In theory, internet users in Europe could circumvent the restrictions by using software that hides where their computer is based.To circumvent this problem, I have devised a system of price bands.

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circumvent

British English: circumvent VERB
If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.
Military planners tried to circumvent the treaty.
  • American English: circumvent
  • Brazilian Portuguese: burlar
  • Chinese: 规避
  • European Spanish: burlar
  • French: contourner
  • German: umgehen
  • Italian: aggirare
  • Japanese: すり抜ける
  • Korean: 피하다
  • European Portuguese: contornar
  • Latin American Spanish: burlar

(verb) 
Definition
to avoid or get round (a rule, restriction, etc.)
(formal) 
Military rulers tried to circumvent the treaty.
Synonyms
evade
He managed to evade the police for six months.
bypass
Regulators worry that controls could easily be bypassed.
elude
The thieves managed to elude the police for months.
steer clear of
sidestep
He was trying to sidestep responsibility.
(verb) 
Definition
to outwit (a person)
It is a veiled attempt to change gun laws by circumventing legislators.
Synonyms
outwit
To win the presidency he had first to outwit his rivals within the party.
trick
He'll be upset when he finds out how you tricked him.
mislead
Ministers knowingly misled the public.
thwart
They were doing all they could to thwart the opposition.
deceive
He has deceived and disillusioned us all.
dupe
Some of the offenders duped the psychologists.
beguile
He used his newspapers to beguile his readers.
outflank
hoodwink
Many people are hoodwinked by the so-called beauty industry.
outgeneral

Additional synonyms

in the sense of beguile
Definition
to charm (someone) into doing something he or she would not normally do
He used his newspapers to beguile his readers.
Synonyms
fool,
trick,
take in,
cheat,
con (informal),
mislead,
impose on,
deceive,
dupe,
gull (archaic),
delude,
bamboozle,
hoodwink,
take for a ride (informal),
befool
in the sense of bypass
Definition
to go around or avoid (a city, obstruction, problem, etc.)
Regulators worry that controls could easily be bypassed.
Synonyms
get round,
avoid,
evade,
circumvent (formal),
outmanoeuvre,
body-swerve
in the sense of deceive
Definition
to mislead by lying
He has deceived and disillusioned us all.
Synonyms
take in,
trick,
fool (informal),
cheat,
con (informal),
kid (informal),
stiff (slang),
sting (informal),
mislead,
betray,
lead (someone) on (informal),
hoax,
dupe,
beguile,
delude,
swindle,
outwit,
ensnare,
bamboozle (informal),
hoodwink,
entrap,
double-cross (informal),
take for a ride (informal),
pull a fast one on (slang),
cozen,
scam (slang),
pull the wool over (someone's) eyes

Nearby words of
circumvent

  • circumspection
  • circumstance
  • circumstantial
  • circumvent
  • circumvention
  • cistern
  • citadel

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