avoiding
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening. 避免 (壞事的發生)
The pilots had to take emergency action to avoid a disaster. 飛行員們不得不採取緊急措施以避免災難的發生。
2. V-T If you avoid doing something, you choose not to do it, or you put yourself in a situation where you do not have to do it. 避免
By borrowing from dozens of banks, he managed to avoid giving any of them an overall picture of what he was up to. 通過曏幾十家銀行借錢,他得以避免讓任何一家了解他要做事情的全貌。
3. V-T If you avoid a person or thing, you keep away from them. When talking to someone, if you avoid the subject, you keep the conversation away from a particular topic. 避開
She eventually had to lock herself in the women's restroom to avoid him. 她最後不得不把自己鎖在女厠所裡避開他。
4. V-T If a person or vehicle avoids someone or something, they change the direction they are moving in, so that they do not hit them. (人或車) 避讓
The driver had ample time to brake or swerve and avoid the woman. 該司機有足夠的時間刹車或急轉來避讓那女子。
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