单词	circumnavigation
释义	circumnavigation /səːkəmnavɪˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n / noun 1The action or process of sailing or otherwise travelling all the way around something, especially the world: he completed the fastest solo circumnavigation in a small vessel the first circumnavigation of the globe in a helicopter... He's led more than 30 expeditions, including the first polar circumnavigation of the earth. In the Egyptian scheme of things, a boat carrying the sun made a daily circumnavigation. This is the latest leg in his third circumnavigation of the globe in 14 years. 1.1The action of going around or avoiding an obstacle: our leisurely circumnavigation of the rocks... The game design is such that there are no open spaces that allow for effortless circumnavigation of foes. The streets are spared from heavy through traffic by the squares, which provide monuments on axis that require slow-speed circumnavigation. Another version of the physical challenge is chair circumnavigation, which is even more painful. 1.2The action of avoiding something difficult or unpleasant: a circumnavigation of the simple facts... How implicated is the traditional doctrine of inspiration with the circumnavigation of authority? Against this circumnavigation of every thought by other, rugged little thoughts, is set the grim forward march of Ahab's will. One has the distinct sense of their returning to the home port after a long and uncomfortable circumnavigation of the idea of being "human."
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