circumvent

英 [ˌsɜːkəmˈvent]

美 [ˌsɜːrkəmˈvent]

v.  设法回避; 规避; 绕过; 绕行; 绕道旅行

过去分词：circumvented　现在分词：circumventing　过去式：circumvented　第三人称单数：circumvents　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14169 / COCA.11924

牛津词典

verb

• 设法回避；规避
  to find a way of avoiding a difficulty or a rule
  1. They found a way of circumventing the law.
     他们找到了规避法律的途径。
• 绕过；绕行；绕道旅行
  to go or travel around sth that is blocking your way

柯林斯词典

• VERB 规避，逃避(规则或限制)
  If someonecircumventsa rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.
  1. Military planners tried to circumvent the treaty.
     军事策略家们企图绕开这一条约。
• VERB 躲避，回避(尤指意欲伤害自己的人)
  If youcircumventsomeone, you cleverly prevent them from achieving something, especially when they are trying to harm you.
  1. Roosevelt occasionally attempted to circumvent him.
     罗斯福偶尔会试图避开他。

英英释义

verb

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
  1. He dodged the issue
  2. she skirted the problem
  3. They tend to evade their responsibilities
  4. he evaded the questions skillfully
  Synonym:hedgefudgeevadeput offparryeludeskirtdodgeducksidestep
• beat through cleverness and wit
  1. I beat the traffic
  2. She outfoxed her competitors
  Synonym:outwitoverreachoutsmartoutfoxbeat
• surround so as to force to give up
  1. The Turks besieged Vienna
  Synonym:besiegebeleaguersurroundhem in

双语例句

• Research efforts continue at many university and industrial laboratories to circumvent these technical problems.
  许多大学实验室和工业实验室继续努力研究克服这些技术难题。
• Ships were registered abroad to circumvent employment and safety regulation.
  船只在外国注册以逃避有关雇佣和安全的规定。
• I have done my best to circumvent the problem.
  我已经尽最大努力规避的问题。
• To circumvent foreign-ownership restrictions, Chinese firms use the so-called variable-interest entity ( VIE) structure.
  为规避对外国所有权的限制，中国公司使用所谓的可变利益实体（VIE）结构。
• You've somehow managed to circumvent my security.
  你用某种方式突破了我的安全系统。
• The company has opened an office abroad in order to circumvent our tax laws.
  公司在国外设立一个办事处，以躲避我国的税法。
• Vaccination would also circumvent weak health systems that hinder efforts to diagnose and treat TB.
  疫苗接种还将克服妨碍诊断和治疗结核病的薄弱卫生体系的问题。
• For many diseases strongly associated with poverty, smart product design helps circumvent weaknesses in delivery systems.
  对与贫穷紧密相关的许多疾病，巧妙的产品设计有助于规避服务提供系统中的弱点。
• Hard commodities played the role of money to circumvent capital controls.
  硬商品发挥了规避资本管制的作用。
• We hypothesized that alternate rounds of lamivudine and alpha interferon might circumvent previous shortcomings.
  我们假设，使用交替使用拉米夫定和α干扰素可能规避不足之处。