英汉词典

avoid 基本解释

• vt. 避免；避开，躲避；消除

avoid 词态变化

avoid 中文词源

前缀a-同ex-, 向外。void, 空。指空出来的，撤退，避免。

avoid 英文词源

avoid

avoid: [14] Avoid at first meant literally ‘make void, empty’. It was formed in Old French from the adjective vuide ‘empty’ (source of English void [13], and derived from a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *vocitus, which is related ultimately to vacant). With the addition of the prefix es- ‘out’, a verb evuider was formed, which passed into English via Anglo-Norman avoider. The original sense ‘empty’ barely survived into the 17th century, but meanwhile it had progressed through ‘withdrawing, so as to leave someone alone or leave a place empty’ to ‘deliberately staying away from someone or something’.
=> vacant, void

avoid (v.)

c. 1300, from Anglo-French avoider "to clear out, withdraw (oneself)," partially anglicized from Old French esvuidier "to empty out," from es- "out" (see ex-) + vuidier "to be empty," from voide "empty, vast, wide, hollow, waste" (see void (adj.)). Originally a law term; modern sense of "have nothing to do with" also was in Middle English and corresponds to Old French eviter with which it was perhaps confused. Meaning "escape, evade" first attested 1520s. Related: Avoided; avoiding.

avoid 英文释义

1. stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something;

"Her former friends now avoid her"

2. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening;

"Let's avoid a confrontation"

"head off a confrontation"

"avert a strike"

3. refrain from doing something;

"She refrains from calling her therapist too often"

"He should avoid publishing his wife's memoires"

4. refrain from certain foods or beverages;

"I keep off drugs"

"During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"

5. declare invalid;

"The contract was annulled"

"void a plea"

avoid 同义词解析

escape, avoid

这两个动词都有"躲避危险"之意。

escape： 多指避开实际的威胁，暗示威胁或危险正在迫近。

avoid： 侧重有意识地躲避开要冒险或有危险的事物或情况。

avoid 双语例句

1. The couple married in the Caribbean to avoid a media circus.

为了摆脱媒体的关注，这对新人在加勒比喜结连理。

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2. He heard tires squeal as the car braked to avoid a collision.

为避免相撞而刹车时，他听到了轮胎与地面刺耳的摩擦声。

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3. To avoid damaging the tree, hammer a wooden peg into the hole.

为了不毁坏树，用锤子将一个木栓钉进洞里。

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4. Use different colours of felt pen on your sketch to avoid confusion.

用不同颜色的毡头笔画草图，以免搞混。

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5. I avoid working in places which are too public.

我避免在过于抛头露面的地方工作。

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avoid 实用场景例句

You should avoid mentioning his divorce.

你应该避免提及他离婚的事。

牛津词典

I had to swerve to avoid a cat.

为了避免轧到一只猫，我只好猛然将车转向。

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I've been avoiding getting down to work all day.

我一整天都刻意不投入工作。

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I left early to avoid the rush hour.

我早早动身以避开交通高峰时刻。

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She kept avoiding my eyes (= avoided looking at me) .

她总是躲避我的目光。

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The accident could have been avoided.

这个事故本来是可以避免的。

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They narrowly avoided defeat.

他们险些儿被打败。

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The name was changed to avoid confusion with another firm.

改名是为了避免和另一家公司混淆。

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They built a wall to avoid soil being washed away.

他们建了一堵墙防止土壤流失。

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He's been avoiding me all week.

整整一个星期他一直在回避我。

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She eventually had to lock herself in the toilets to avoid him...

她最后只好把自己锁在厕所里来躲开他。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

All through lunch he had carefully avoided the subject of the house.

整个午饭期间，他一直在小心翼翼地回避房子的话题。

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The driver had ample time to brake or swerve and avoid the woman.

司机有足够的时间刹车或急转弯，来避开那个女人。

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He was always careful to avoid embarrassment.

他总是小心谨慎地避免尴尬。

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The pilots had to take emergency action to avoid a disaster...

飞行员不得不采取紧急措施避免灾难的发生。

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Women have to dress modestly, to avoid being harassed by the locals.

女士穿着应当庄重，以免受到当地人的骚扰。

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By borrowing from dozens of banks, he managed to avoid giving any of them an overall picture of what he was up to...

他向许多银行借款，使得任何一家都搞不清楚他到底要做什么。

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The driver has swerved on a sudden to avoid a file of geese.

为了躲避一队鹅,司机突然来个急转弯.

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I'd like to avoid a showdown with my boss if I possibly can.

我尽可能地避免同老板摊牌.

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The conscientious researcher is careful to avoid up the pole and omission.

那位一丝不苟的研究人员总是小心谨慎地避免错误或疏漏.

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It's difficult to avoid stepping on her sensitive feelings.

很难不伤害她脆弱的情感.

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He was able to hold back his anger and avoid a fight.

他忍住了怒气,避免了一场殴斗.

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I wanted to avoid a meeting with her.

我想避免与她会面.

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I tried to avoid her, but it was just my luck to bump into her.

我不想见她, 偏撞上她了.

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