elude

英 [i'luːd] 美 [i'luːd]

• vt. 逃避；躲避；理解不了；记不起来

英英释义

Verb:

1. escape, either physically or mentally;

   "The thief eluded the police"
   "This difficult idea seems to evade her"
   "The event evades explanation"
   

2. be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by;

   "What you are seeing in him eludes me"
   

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. The fox eluded the hunters by turning back quickly.
   狐狸急转身逃脱了猎人的追逐。
2. The suspect continues to elude the police.
   嫌疑犯继续躲避着警察。
3. The revolutionist eluded capture for weeks by hiding underground.
   那位革命者为避免被捕在地下躲藏了几个星期。
4. The meaning eludes me.
   我摸不透这意思。
5. She tried to remember his face, but it eluded her.
   她想记起他的脸,可怎么也想不起来。

经典引文

• Quite a simple and obvious idea, but till now it had eluded her.

  出自： P. G. Wodehouse

• Zigzagging across the North Atlantic, to elude the last submarines of the war.

  出自： J. Thurber

• Praxis would elude her escort..and slip off home.

  出自： F. Weldon

近反义词

【近义词】

• escape 逃跑
• evade 逃避
• avoid 避免
• dodge 避开
• flee 逃走
• get away 逃脱
• baffle 困惑
• confound 使困惑
• foil 钝头剑
• puzzle 难题
• stump 残株
• thwart 反对
• miss [M-]小姐
• eschew 避开
• shun 避开
• blink 眨眼
• circumvent 绕行
• duck 鸭肉
• parry 挡开武器或打击...
• fudge 软糖
• hedge 树篱
• sidestep 向旁侧避让
• skirt 裙子
• bilk 赖账
• put off 不安