avoided

英 [əˈvɔɪdɪd] 美 [əˈvɔɪdɪd]

v.  避免; 防止; 回避; 避开; 躲避; 避免撞到(某物)
avoid的过去分词和过去式

过去式：avoided

COCA.41166

柯林斯词典

  1. VERB 避免,防止（坏事发生）
    If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
  2. VERB 避免（做…）
    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.
    1. 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。
    2. He was always careful to avoid embarrassment.
      他总是小心谨慎地避免尴尬。
  3. VERB 躲开（人、事物）；回避（话题）
    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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
  4. VERB （人或车改变方向）避让
    If a person or vehicle avoids someone or something, they change the direction they are moving in, so that they do not hit them.
    1. 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。
  5. to avoid someone or something like the plague → see: plague

    6. When you try not to do something, you say that you avoid doing it, not that you 'avoid to do it'. This leaflet tells you how to avoid getting ill. If you want to suggest that you cannot stop yourself from doing something, you should use the expression can't help. I'm sorry, I can't help being suspicious... Nobody liked her to cough, but she couldn'thelp it. If you prevent something, you do something to ensure that it does not happen. They must take urgent action to prevent a famine. If you prevent accidents or diseases, you stop them from happening. If you avoid accidents or diseases, you succeed in not having them or catching them. ...a rope that prevented her from falling. ...a sound recommendation for avoiding cancer. Note that you do not use prevent when telling people about danger. The word you use is warn, and you can warn people about or of a danger. You can also warn them that something is happening or warn them to do something. I warned her about the hole in the floor... She warned me to stay away.
    当表示避免做某事时，用avoid doing it, 不能用avoid to do it。例如：This leaflet tells you how to avoid getting ill（这个小册子指导人们如何预防疾病）。如果想表示情不自禁地做某事，用短语can't help。例如：I'm sorry, I can't help being suspicious（对不起，我忍不住要表示怀疑），Nobody liked her to cough, but she couldn't help it（大家都不希望她咳嗽，但她忍不住）。prevent意为防止某事发生，例如：They must take urgent action to prevent a famine（他们必须立即采取行动预防饥荒）。prevent后接事故或疾病，表示防止其发生。avoid后接事故或疾病，表示成功地避免受影响或感染。例如：a rope that prevented her from falling（让她不至于摔倒的绳子），a sound recommendation for avoiding cancer（预防癌症的合理建议）。注意，在告诉别人有危险时，不用prevent，而用warn。警告某人某事要发生或告诫某人做某事也可用warn。例如：I warned her about the hole in the floor (我提醒她地上有个洞), She warned me to stay away (她警告我离远点儿)。

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双语例句

  1. Mr. Olsen has always avoided anointing any successor
    奥尔森先生总是回避指定继任者。
  2. 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。
  3. By common consent their talk avoided the reason for their being there at all
    双方达成共识，他们的谈话对他们去那儿的原因完全避而不谈。
  4. They told Jacques Delors a disastrous world trade war must be avoided at all costs.
    他们告诉雅克·德洛尔必须不惜任何代价避免一场毁灭性的世界贸易战。
  5. He avoided giving a direct answer
    他避免作出正面回答。
  6. Not wishing to displease her, he avoided answering the question.
    为了不惹她生气，他对这个问题避而不答。
  7. She doubted that the accident could have been avoided.
    她不认为那场意外本可以避免。
  8. Although he appeared to enjoy a jet-setting life, he eschewed publicity and avoided nightclubs.
    虽然他看上去好像很享受那种常乘飞机四处旅行的奢华生活，但是他不喜欢被人关注，也不去夜总会。
  9. With a little forethought many accidents could be avoided.
    如果事先稍微多想想，许多事故是可以避免的。
  10. Both have fudged their calculations and avoided specifics.
    两人都对自己的计算结果含糊其词，避免提到具体数字。
  11. He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.
    他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。
  12. Going to court can be an expensive, time consuming and gut wrenching experience that is best avoided.
    打官司费钱耗时而且给人添堵，所以最好能避则避。
  13. She avoided the issue by ordering a turkey sandwich
    她点了份火鸡三明治，以此来避开这个重要问题。
  14. Many holidaymakers had avoided the worst of the delays by consulting tourist offices
    许多度假者通过咨询旅游局避免了那些最严重的延误情况。
  15. If the toddler had been dealt with properly at first, the rest of his misbehaviour would have been avoided.
    要是从一开始就对小孩子合理管教，他就不会养成其他的坏毛病。
  16. When I looked at Clive, he studiously avoided my eyes.
    当我朝克莱夫看去时，他刻意地避开了我的目光。
  17. Roses will always have thorns but with care they can be avoided.
    玫瑰花上都有刺，不过只要小心就碰不到。
  18. Small bones should be avoided as the dog may swallow them whole and risk internal injury.
    不要给狗喂小块的骨头，以免它整个吞下去而造成内部器官损伤。
  19. With a little care you could have avoided the mishap.
    你要是小心一点，本来是可以避免这场不测之祸的。
  20. I avoided meeting her by leaving by the back door.
    我从后门离去以免和她相见。
  21. A frightful traffic disaster was avoided.
    一次可怕的交通事故避免了。
  22. I avoided him as much as possible.
    我尽可能地躲开他。
  23. I studiously avoided his company.
    我故意避免和他来往。
  24. He avoided answering my questions.
    他回避我的问题，不作答复。
  25. The old helmsman brought us about and we avoided a dangerous dash against the rocks.
    老船公扭转了我们航船的方向，我们才避免了一次撞击礁石的危险。
  26. The soldier avoided military duty by shooting away one of his toes.
    为逃避兵役，那个士兵用枪打掉了自己的一个脚趾。
  27. As often as I tried to get an answer from him he made some excuse and avoided giving me the information I wanted.
    每当我想从他那儿得到回答时，他总是找借口，避而不答我想要的信息。
  28. The old man avoided his neighbours.
    老人回避他的邻居。
  29. Hackneyed words and expressions should be avoided in writing.
    写文章务去陈言。
  30. I have avoided killing those who are unarmed.
    我不杀那些手无寸铁的人。
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