Elude
[ɪ'l(j)uːd] or [ɪ'lud]
解释:
(verb.) escape, either physically or mentally; 'The thief eluded the police'; 'This difficult idea seems to evade her'; 'The event evades explanation'.
(verb.) be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; 'What you are seeing in him eludes me'.
埃伦校对--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow.
弗洛整理
同义词及近义词:
v. a. [1]. Escape, avoid, shun, get away from, steal away from.[2]. Baffle, frustrate, foil, disconcert, disappoint, BILK.
艾布拉姆编辑
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Escape, avoid, baffle, shun, eschew, evade, parry, fence, mock, frustrate
ANT:Encounter, meet, confront, court, dare, defy
手打:莫林
解释:
v.t. to escape by stratagem: to baffle.—adj. Elū′dible.—n. Elū′sion act of eluding: evasion.—adj. Elū′sive practising elusion: deceptive.—adv. Elū′sively.—n. Elū′soriness.—adj. Elū′sory tending to elude or cheat: evasive: deceitful.
艾伦整理
例句:
- But I was afraid that the enemy would find means of moving, elude Thomas and manage to get north of the Cumberland River. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- I had dared and baffled his fury; I must elude his sorrow: I retired to the door. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- The old man saw him coming, and vainly strove to elude his grasp. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- The difficulties, that occur to us, in supposing a moral obligation to attend promises, we either surmount or elude. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- The other object, to elude pursuit and to be lost. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- In vain would we endeavour to elude this hypothesis. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- He knew that if she did not wish to be seen she would contrive to elude him; and it amused him to think of putting her skill to the test. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- But if she DID, the letter was written and sent away with a privacy which eluded all her watchfulness to ascertain the fact. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- He easily eluded me, and said, Be calm! 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- He waited, but she had eluded him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- I darted towards the spot from which the sound proceeded; but the devil eluded my grasp. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- The man dressed like a mechanic has eluded all inquiries. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- It is not surprising, therefore, that these subtle rays should have so long eluded the observation of the scientist. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- These questions are decisive, and must not be eluded. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- Every particle eludes the grasp by a new fraction; like quicksilver, when we endeavour to seize it. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- In this way he came very near succeeding in getting to his provision trains and eluding us with at least part of his army. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- If it were not for Fanny, who knows we are here, I should find pleasure in dodging and eluding him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- He saw no way of eluding Featherstone's stupid demand without incurring consequences which he liked less even than the task of fulfilling it. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- I can imagine only one way of eluding this argument, which is by denying that uniformity of human actions, on which it is founded. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
手打:旺达