| 单词 | evade |
| 释义 | evade (once / 443 pages) v 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. 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. WORD FAMILYevade: evaded, evades, evading, evasion, evasive+/evasion: evasions/evasive: evasively, evasiveness USAGE EXAMPLESShe’s also is accused of misleading police on Banks’ identity in order to help him evade law enforcement. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) He’s charged with murder, abandoning or endangering a child criminal negligence, evading arrest and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) What they largely evaded, though, was substantive exploration of the idea of healing. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1v avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) They tend to evade their responsibilities he evaded the questions skillfully Syn|Hypo|Hyper circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt beg dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted quibbleevade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections avoid stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something 2v escape, either physically or mentally This difficult idea seems to evade her The event evades explanation Syn|Hyper bilk, elude break loose, escape, get away run away from confinement 3v practice evasion This man always hesitates and evades Hyper act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) 4v use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid The con man always evades Hyper escape, get away, get by, get off, get out escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action |
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