词组 | avoid |
释义 | avoid /əˈvɔɪd/ verb 1. to prevent something bad from happeningnounsavoid an accident/collision The driver braked suddenly in order to avoid an accident.avoid a disaster/catastrophe A major ecological disaster was avoided when the oil began drifting out to sea.avoid a war/strike Chamberlain was anxious to avoid another world war.avoid the risk/danger/threat of sth Smoking is forbidden, in order to avoid the risk of fire.avoid a repeat/repetition of sth (=prevent something bad from happening again) The police are anxious to avoid a repeat of last year’s violence.avoid a problem There are a number of ways in which you can avoid this problem.avoid an argument/conflict/confrontation She preferred to avoid conflict whenever she could.avoid confusion/misunderstanding The name of the film was changed in order to avoid confusion with another film.avoid disappointment/embarrassment Book early, to avoid disappointment.adverbsnarrowly avoid sth (=only just avoid something happening) She narrowly avoided being hit by a bullet.phrasesavoid sth at all costs (=try as hard as you can to prevent something from happening) They wanted to avoid a scandal at all costs.THESAURUS: avoid avert formaldisaster | war | strike | crisis | threat to prevent something bad from happening: Disaster was averted only by quick thinking by the plane’s captain. | The talks are aimed at averting a trade war between the US and the EU. | A teachers’ strike was narrowly averted in January (=it was only just averted). | Food and other essential items were sent to Angola in an attempt to avert a food crisis. | Some scientists believe that nuclear energy is the only way to avert the threat of global warming.2. to escape having to do something or deal with somethingnounsavoid work His son would do anything to avoid work.avoid a question Politicians are very good at avoiding difficult questions.avoid your responsibility/duty The federal government is trying to avoid any responsibility for dealing with the problem.avoid the issue It was impossible to avoid the issue any longer.THESAURUS: avoid evade formaltaxes | responsibility | question | payment | justice | issue | problem to avoid having to do something or deal with something: Companies often hide their profits in order to evade taxes. | The government cannot evade its responsibility to help the refugees. | She skilfully evaded all questions about where she had been the night before. | The killer was allowed to evade justice (=avoid being punished in a court of law). | There was no point in evading the issue any longer – it had to be talked about.Evade or avoid?Evade means the same as avoid. Evade is more formal and is often used about taxes and responsibilities. get out of informalagreement | contract to avoid doing something you should do or something you promised to do. Get out of is more informal than avoid: The country is trying to get out of its agreement to pay back the money. | We promised we’d go – we can’t get out of it now.3. to not go near a person or place, or not talk about a subjectadverbscarefully avoid They carefully avoided each other’s eyes.deliberately avoid He had a feeling that she was deliberately avoiding him.studiously avoid formal (=make a deliberate effort to avoid someone or something) The government has studiously avoided public debate about this subject.phrasesavoid sb/sth like the plague informal (=avoid someone or something as much as you can) Why did you want to speak to him? You usually avoid him like the plague.THESAURUS: avoid stay away/keep away to avoid a person or place, especially a dangerous one: She walked along the path, keeping well away from the edge of the cliff. | That man is trouble – I’d stay away from him. steer clear of sb/sth informal to avoid a person or place, because there could be problems if you do not: I usually steer clear of the kitchen when Alan’s cooking. | I’d steer clear of Matthew if I were you. make a detour to avoid a place by travelling around it instead of through the centre: We had to make a long detour because of the floods. |
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