| 单词 | circumvent |
| 释义 | circumvent —circumventer, circumventor, n. —circumvention, n. —circumventive, adj. /serr'keuhm vent", serr"keuhm vent'/, v.t. 1. to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues. 2. to avoid (defeat, failure, unpleasantness, etc.) by artfulness or deception; avoid by anticipating or outwitting: He circumvented capture by anticipating their movements. 3. to surround or encompass, as by stratagem; entrap: to circumvent a body of enemy troops. [1545-55; < L circumventus (ptp. of circumvenire to come around, surround, oppress, defraud), equiv. to circum- CIRCUM- + ven(ire) to come + -tus ptp. suffix] Syn. 2. escape, elude, evade, outwit. 3. encircle; ensnare. |
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