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单词 circumvent
释义 cir·cum·vent
\|sərkəm|vent, |sə̄k-, |səik-\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin circumventus, past participle of circumvenire to surround, afflict, cheat, from circum- + venire to come — more at come
1.
 a. : to surround and cut off the escape of : hem in and capture
  < circumvented by the enemy, he had to yield >
 b. : encircle : form a circling boundary around
  < little islands circumvented by a river >
 c. : to encompass with evils, difficulties, or enemies
  < the melodrama's heroine circumvented with perils >
 d. : to go around : make a full circuit around or bypass without going through
  < a lake allows an average father, walking slowly, to circumvent it in an afternoon — W.H.Auden >
  < an alternative path, circumventing Kentucky through the states to its north — New Republic >
2. : to overcome or avoid the intent, effect, or force of : anticipate and escape, check, or defeat by ingenuity or stratagem : make inoperative or nullify the purpose or power of especially by craft or scheme
 < circumventing his enemies by craft and driving them out … by force — P.N.Ure >
 < rules which they circumvent or openly violate — Jerome Frank >
Synonyms: see frustrate
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