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VERB
避免,防止（壞事發(fā)生）
If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
例句
The pilots had to take emergency action to avoid a disaster...
飛行員不得不采取緊急措施避免災難的發(fā)生。
Women have to dress modestly, to avoid being harassed by the locals.
女士穿著應當莊重，以免受到當?shù)厝说尿}擾。
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VERB
避免（做…）
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.
例句
By borrowing from dozens of banks, he managed to avoid giving any of them an overall picture of what he was up to...
他向許多銀行借款，使得任何一家都搞不清楚他到底要做什么。
He was always careful to avoid embarrassment.
他總是小心謹慎地避免尷尬。
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VERB
躲開（人、事物）；回避（話題）
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.
例句
She eventually had to lock herself in the toilets to avoid him...
她最后只好把自己鎖在廁所里來躲開他。
All through lunch he had carefully avoided the subject of the house.
整個午飯期間，他一直在小心翼翼地回避房子的話題。
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VERB
（人或車改變方向）避讓
If a person or vehicle avoids someone or something, they change the direction they are moving in, so that they do not hit them.
例句
The driver had ample time to brake or swerve and avoid the woman.
司機有足夠的時間剎車或急轉彎，來避開那個女人。