Elude

[ɪ'l(j)uːd] or [ɪ'lud]

解釋/意思:

(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'.

埃伦校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(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

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Escape, avoid, shun, get away from, steal away from.[2]. Baffle, frustrate, foil, disconcert, disappoint, BILK.

艾布拉姆編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Escape, avoid, baffle, shun, eschew, evade, parry, fence, mock, frustrate

ANT:Encounter, meet, confront, court, dare, defy

手打:莫林

解釋/意思:

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.

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