circumvent

英 [ˌsɜːkəm'vent] 美 [ˌsɜːrkəm'vent]

• vt. 绕行；设法避开；围住

英英释义

Verb:

1. surround so as to force to give up;

   "The Turks besieged Vienna"
   

2. beat through cleverness and wit;

   "I beat the traffic"
   "She outfoxed her competitors"
   

3. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);

   "He dodged the issue"
   "she skirted the problem"
   "They tend to evade their responsibilities"
   "he evaded the questions skillfully"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. We went north in order to circumvent the mountains.
   我们向北行驶为了从高山绕行。
2. She planned a way to circumvent all the bureaucratic red tape.
   她计划避开官僚体制下的繁文缛礼。
3. The company has opened an office abroad in order to circumvent our tax laws.
   公司在国外设立一个办事处，以躲避我国的税法。
4. There is a little island circumvented by a river.
   这是河流环绕的小岛。

近反义词

【近义词】

• evade 逃避
• skirt 裙子
• dodge 避开
• outwit 瞒骗
• sidestep 向旁侧避让
• avoid 避免
• get round (消息)传开
• get around 规避
• elude 逃避
• bypass 绕开
• get out of 逃避
• thwart 反对
• abort 流产
• hem in 围住(包围
• besiege 围攻
• parry 挡开武器或打击...
• fudge 软糖
• outsmart 比...更聪明
• outfox 以机智胜过
• beat 打
• put off 不安
• overreach 做事过头
• duck 鸭肉
• surround 包围
• hedge 树篱
• beleaguer 围攻