1.避免,防止(坏事发生)
If youavoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
avoid的近义词
e.g. The pilots had to take emergency action toavoid a disaster...
飞行员不得不采取紧急措施避免灾难的发生。
e.g. Women have to dress modestly, toavoid being harassed by the locals.
女士穿着应当庄重,以免受到当地人的骚扰。
2.避免(做…)
If youavoid doing something, you choose not to do it, or you put yourself in a situation where you do not have to do it.
e.g. By borrowing from dozens of banks, he managed toavoid 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。
e.g. He was always careful toavoid embarrassment.
他总是小心谨慎地避免尴尬。
3.躲开(人、事物);回避(话题)
If youavoid a person or thing, you keep away from them. When talking to someone, if youavoid the subject, you keep the conversation away from a particular topic.
avoid
e.g. She eventually had to lock herself in the toilets toavoid him...
她最后只好把自己锁在厕所里来躲开他。
e.g. 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.(人或车改变方向)避让
If a person or vehicleavoids someone or something, they change the direction they are moving in, so that they do not hit them.
e.g. The driver had ample time to brake or swerve andavoid the woman.
司机有足够的时间刹车或急转弯,来避开那个女人。
5. toavoid someone or something like the plague -> see plague
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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