avoid /əˈvɔɪd/ CET4 TEM4 ( avoiding, avoided, avoids )

• 1. 

  V-T If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening. 避免 (坏事的发生)

  例：

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

  飞行员们不得不采取紧急措施以避免灾难的发生。

• 2. 

  V-T If you avoid doing something, you choose not to do it, or you put yourself in a situation where you do not have to do it. 避免

  例：

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

  通过向几十家银行借钱，他得以避免让任何一家了解他要做事情的全貌。

• 3. 

  V-T If you avoid a person or thing, you keep away from them. When talking to someone, if you avoid the subject, you keep the conversation away from a particular topic. 避开

  例：

  She eventually had to lock herself in the women's restroom to avoid him.

  她最后不得不把自己锁在女厕所里避开他。

• 4. 

  V-T If a person or vehicle avoids someone or something, they change the direction they are moving in, so that they do not hit them. (人或车) 避让

  例：

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

  该司机有足够的时间刹车或急转来避让那女子。