单词 | circumvent |
释义 | cir·cum·vent 1. a. < circumvented by the enemy, he had to yield > b. < little islands circumvented by a river > c. < the melodrama's heroine circumvented with perils > d. < 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. < 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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