elude /ɪˈluːd/ TEM8 ( eluding, eluded, eludes )

• 1. 

  V-T If something that you want eludes you, you fail to obtain it. 不为…所获得 [no passive]

  例：

  Sleep eluded her.

  她失眠了。

• 2. 

  V-T If you elude someone or something, you avoid them or escape from them. 躲避

  例：

  He eluded the police for 13 years.

  他躲了警察13年。

• 3. 

  V-T If a fact or idea eludes you, you do not succeed in understanding it, realizing it, or remembering it. 把…难住 [no passive]

  例：

  The appropriate word eluded him.

  他想不起来那个合适的词。