首页英语词典avoidavoid的意思

avoid

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近义词escape from away eschew evade elude keep shun

反义词

vt. 避免；避开，躲避；消除

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词态变化

第三人称单数: avoids;过去式: avoided;过去分词: avoided;现在分词: avoiding;

中文词源

avoid 避免

前缀a-同ex-, 向外。void, 空。指空出来的，撤退，避免。

英英释意

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"

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.

同义词辨析

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。

考试真题

People with HSAM often have to make efforts to avoid focusing on the past.

Bill, for instance, often gets painful flashbacks, in which unwanted memories intrude into his consciousness, but overall he has chosen to see it as the best way of avoiding repeating the same mistakes.

This behaviour may have evolved as dogs gradually learned they could benefit from avoiding conflicts with humans.

Avoiding conflicts may have helped dogs develop better bonds with humans.

This danger can be avoided, according to computer science professor Stuart Russell, if we figure out how to turn human values into a programmable code.

It can be avoided if human values are translated into their language.

Do good to othersOther golden rules counsel us to master ourselves, to avoid excess and not to be a prosperous ( ' , 发迹的 ) fool.

A reasonable assumption—don't families struggle to avoid nursing homes and suffer real guilt if they can't? In the initial results, assisted living residents did paint the most positive picture.

They avoid challenges because challenges make mistakes more likely.

By contrast, a Danish tax on foods high in fats was abandoned a year after its introduction, amid claims that consumers were avoiding it by crossing the border to Germany to satisfy their desire for cheaper, fattier fare.

A burglar has to continuously jam the wireless security device to avoid triggering the alarm, both inside and outside the house.

The author gradually improved his writing by avoiding fancy language.

Many spend their lives trying to avoid arguments.

Avoid arguments with business partners.

the new findings do highlight the benefits of focusing on our food and avoiding TV and multitasking while eating.

Avoiding too much intervention in their children's education

Extravagance (奢侈) is out Business folk are bending over backwards to avoid seeming extravagant.

Goldman Sachs, an investment bank, cancelled a conference in Las Vegas in order to avoid seeming wasteful

That lets us avoid building costly plants or buying expensive power at peak usage time.

They want to avoid being overcharged

They also calculated the cost savings emerging from the amount of disease that would be avoided because of lower blood pressure.

The real test of character is whether we can learn from our mistake, by understanding why we acted as we did and then exploring ways to avoid similar problems in the future.

We must be honest about our actions and avoid excuses, if we fool ourselves into believing we're not doing anything wrong, we can't see the real choice we're making - and that leads to bad decisions

To avoid fooling yourself, watch out for excuses and try this test: Ask how you would feel if your actions were public and anyone could be watching over yourshoulder.

To avoid being overwhelmed by stress

avoid arguing about money matters to remain romantic

Making ethical decisions is a critical part of avoiding future problems.

People can avoid making mistakes through meditation.

The car driver was trying to avoid hitting a rabbit.

Pamela's mistakes could have been avoided.

Learning how different cultures signal respect can help you avoid misunderstandings.

Respect is shown by looking in the general direction but avoiding direct eye contact.

Avoid excessive physical training.

A reasonable assumption—don't families struggle to avoid nursing homes and suffer real guilt if they can't?

Apologizing by email is something I now totally avoid.

Around 1804, Talleyrand challenged Careme to produce a full menu for his personal castle, instructing the young baker to use local, seasonal fruits and vegetables and to avoid repeating main dishes over the course of an entire year.

At the workplace, men use conflict as a way to position themselves, while women often avoid conflict or strive to be the peacemaker,because they don't want to be viewed as aggressive or disruptive at work.

On one recent day, this doctor was Daniel Nadeau, wandering the cereal aisle with Allison Scott, giving her some ideas on how to feed kids who persistently avoid anything that is healthy.

Other golden rules counsel us to master ourselves, to avoid excess and not to be a prosperous fool.

She also knew from previous work conducted on birds and dolphins that these animals put half of their brains to sleep at a time so that they can rest while remaining alert enough to avoid predators.

Should the cars be programmed to avoid hitting a child running across the road, even if that will put their passengers at risk?

since there is no way for me to avoid exams, I am currently questioning what kind are the most taxing and ultimately beneficial.

The general consensus is that the best ones avoid mindless violence, and instead focus on strategy and challenge us to solve problems and achieve broad goals.

To help prevent headaches, drink plenty of water, and avoid alcohol and coffee.

By making the effort to organize and label files so others can understand them, scientists become more organized and better disciplined themselves, thus avoiding confusion later on.

But renewable energy will have to displace fossil fuels to a much greater extent in the future to avoid unacceptable climate risks.

In cases where sewage mud is used, expensive chemical fertilizer use can be avoided.

Frederick's central idea, that stove, sink and kitchen table must be placed in such a relation that useless steps are avoided entirely, inspired the first fully fitted kitchen, designed in the 1920s by Margarete Schütter-Libotsky.

To reduce or avoid it, researchers have examined the effect of smoking, diet, brain-challenging games, exercise and other strategies.

Social science can also teach politician, how to avoid our collective capacity for self-destructive behaviour.

A recent article in The Harvard Crimson noted the shocking growth of Harvard's public relations arm in the last five years and it questioned whether a focus on risk management and avoiding controversy was really the best outward-looking face of this great institution.

These sorts of innovations can help American universities avoid the perils of success.

They develop green energy to avoid dependence on oil import

The author's second warning is that we should avoid running a greater risk by challenging our boss's anthority.

situations will be able to reach understanding and avoid feeling uneasy about the confrontations

They can avoid doing much of the manual labor.

To avoid fiscal (财政) meltdown, public pensions and health-care provision will have to be reined back severely and taxes may have to go up.

Try to avoid making a hasty decision

Aspirin, for example, singers should avoid aspirin.

A few precautions can help most climbers avoid altitude sickness.

Also, drink plenty of liquids and avoid tobacco and alcohol

Learning how different cultures signal respect can help you avoid misunderstandings.

Respect is shown by looking in the general direction but avoiding direct eye contact.

Many embarrassing situations could be avoided.

Throughout the body of the speech, Juan dealt only with the basic mechanics of the earthquakes and carefully avoid technical terms.

Asian women prefer to avoid the sun, because being pale or white is considered beautiful, whereas a tanned complexion is considered much more beautiful and sexy in the West.

Banks can save a lot of money and avoid headaches by moving to a cash-free system, and they can also avoid bank robberies, theft, and dirty money.

Hence we avoid the dreaded paralyses by analysis.

Many robots are equipped with high-tech sensors and complex learning algorithms to avoid injuring humans as they work side by side.

Matter and the now more exotic anti-matter would have had little space to avoid each other.

Social science can also teach politicians, how to avoid our collective capacity for self-destructive behaviour.

Subjects played a computerized driving game in which the player must avoid crashing into a wall that materializes, without warning, on the roadway.

Under this scheme, the number of individual working hours is reduced in an effort to avoid layoffs.

You certainly shouldn't ditch teamwork, but how can you avoid the hazards of being an over-collaborator?

According to Johnsen, avoiding absorption is actually easy.

According to some researchers, we can use firewalls to avoid robots' affecting the world.

After all, if we adapt in that way, we may avoid the need to change in so many others.

Being punctual, we can avoid anxiety.

By paying attention to firms' data assets, antitrust regulators could avoid the size trap.

He swore to himself to avoid music, as he hated getting to school extra early.

Home treatment may help you avoid tension headaches.

I quickly lower myself, ducking my head to avoid looking directly into his eyes so he doesn't feel challenged.

If you're the person who is in the wrong, just admit it! This is the easiest and best way to avoid an argument.

It ran for just under seven kilometers and allowed people to avoid terrible crowds on the roads above as they travelled to and from word.

It's also important to know how to avoid daydreams for those times when you really need to concentrate.

One way for an animal to become transparent is to avoid the absorption of light.

Road accidents can actually be avoided.

So how can you come up with brilliant daydreams and avoid falling over tree roots or otherwise looking like a fool?

Some people avoid small talk because they dislike discussing things like traffic or weather.

Some people live only dreaming about it while others live to avoid ever climbing at all.

Theory X is the idea that people instinctively dislike work and will do anything to avoid it.

They take their driverless car to an appointment and set the empty vehicle to circle the building to avoid paying for parking.

To avoid being caught, the Winns had to get their tent up late.

To avoid knee pain, you can run on soft surfaces, do exercises to strengthen your leg muscles, avoid hills and get good running shoes.

To avoid missing the last train, please check the last train times posted in the station.

When you want to avoid interruptions at work, there are several ways to handle things.

When you want to avoid interruptions at work.

But unlike their absolutist counterparts in the Gulf and Asia, most royal families have survived because they allow voters to avoid the difficult search for a non-controversial but respected public figure.

Avoiding this rather than promoting it should unite the left and right of the political spectrum.

The TMT site was chosen to minimize the telescope’s visibility around the island and to avoid archaeological and environmental impact.

Rather officials must avoid double standards, or different types of access for average people and the wealthy.

But policymakers who refocus efforts on improving well-being rather than simply worrying about GDP figures could avoid the forecasted doom and may even see progress.

Another factor may be that more people are trying to overpack their carry-on bags to avoid checked-baggage fees, though the airlines strongly dispute this.

A long struggle will be needed to avoid a future of digital feudalism.

Believe it or not, a warm embrace might even help you avoid getting sick this winter.

But to win over these young workers, manufacturers have to clear another major hurdle: parents, who lived through the worst US economic downturn since the Great Depression, telling them to avoid the factory.

It's a sad reality—our desire to avoid interacting with other human beings—because there's much to be gained from talking to the stranger standing by you.

Rats and other animals need to be highly at tuned to social signals from others so that can identify friends to cooperate with and enemies to avoid.

This kind of thinking is why so many people try to avoid arguments, especially about politics and religion.

This means that people should avoid crisping their roast potatoes, spurn thin-crust pizzas and only easily toast their bread.

This was also found in high- functioning men with some autistic spectrum symptoms, who may tend to avoid eye contact.

To avoid this uneasiness, we turn to our phones.

Until now, many sellers that have a physical presence in only a single state or a few states have been able to avoid charging sales taxes when they ship to addresses outside those states.

实用场景例句

You should avoid mentioning his divorce.: 你应该避免提及他离婚的事。

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。

I've been avoiding getting down to work all day.: 我一整天都刻意不投入工作。

I left early to avoid the rush hour.: 我早早动身以避开交通高峰时刻。

She kept avoiding my eyes (= avoided looking at me) .: 她总是躲避我的目光。

The accident could have been avoided.: 这个事故本来是可以避免的。

They narrowly avoided defeat.: 他们险些儿被打败。

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。

They built a wall to avoid soil being washed away.: 他们建了一堵墙防止土壤流失。

He's been avoiding me all week.: 整整一个星期他一直在回避我。

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。

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。

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。

He was always careful to avoid embarrassment.: 他总是小心谨慎地避免尴尬。

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。

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。

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。

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.

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.

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.

It's difficult to avoid stepping on her sensitive feelings.: 很难不伤害她脆弱的情感.

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.

I wanted to avoid a meeting with her.: 我想避免与她会面.

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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