avoided

英 [əˈvɔɪdɪd]

美 [əˈvɔɪdɪd]

v.  避免; 防止; 回避; 避开; 躲避; 避免撞到(某物)
avoid的过去分词和过去式

过去式：avoided　

COCA.41166

柯林斯词典

• VERB 避免,防止（坏事发生）
  If youavoidsomething unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
  1. The pilots had to take emergency action to avoid a disaster...
     飞行员不得不采取紧急措施避免灾难的发生。
  2. Women have to dress modestly, to avoid being harassed by the locals.
     女士穿着应当庄重，以免受到当地人的骚扰。
• VERB 避免（做…）
  If youavoiddoing something, you choose not to do it, or you put yourself in a situation where you do not have to do it.
  1. By borrowing from dozens of banks, he managed to avoid giving any of them an overall picture of what he was up to...
     他向许多银行借款，使得任何一家都搞不清楚他到底要做什么。
  2. He was always careful to avoid embarrassment.
     他总是小心谨慎地避免尴尬。
• VERB 躲开（人、事物）；回避（话题）
  If youavoida person or thing, you keep away from them. When talking to someone, if youavoidthe subject, you keep the conversation away from a particular topic.
  1. She eventually had to lock herself in the toilets to avoid him...
     她最后只好把自己锁在厕所里来躲开他。
  2. 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。
• VERB （人或车改变方向）避让
  If a person or vehicleavoidssomeone or something, they change the direction they are moving in, so that they do not hit them.
  1. The driver had ample time to brake or swerve and avoid the woman.
     司机有足够的时间刹车或急转弯，来避开那个女人。
• toavoidsomeone or somethinglike the plague→ see:plague

When you try not to do something, you say that youavoid 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 expressioncan't help.I'm sorry, I can't help being suspicious... Nobody liked her to cough, but she couldn'thelp it.If youpreventsomething, you do something to ensure that it does not happen.They must take urgent action to prevent a famine. If youpreventaccidents or diseases, you stop them from happening. If youavoidaccidents 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 usepreventwhen telling people about danger. The word you use iswarn, and you canwarnpeople about or of a danger. You can alsowarnthem that something is happening orwarnthem 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)。

双语例句

• I studiously avoided his company.
  我故意避免和他来往。
• Not wishing to displease her, he avoided answering the question.
  为了不惹她生气，他对这个问题避而不答。
• As often as I tried to get an answer from him he made some excuse and avoided giving me the information I wanted.
  每当我想从他那儿得到回答时，他总是找借口，避而不答我想要的信息。
• A frightful traffic disaster was avoided.
  一次可怕的交通事故避免了。
• The old helmsman brought us about and we avoided a dangerous dash against the rocks.
  老船公扭转了我们航船的方向，我们才避免了一次撞击礁石的危险。
• I avoided meeting her by leaving by the back door.
  我从后门离去以免和她相见。
• She avoided the issue by ordering a turkey sandwich
  她点了份火鸡三明治，以此来避开这个重要问题。
• Although he appeared to enjoy a jet-setting life, he eschewed publicity and avoided nightclubs.
  虽然他看上去好像很享受那种常乘飞机四处旅行的奢华生活，但是他不喜欢被人关注，也不去夜总会。
• They told Jacques Delors a disastrous world trade war must be avoided at all costs.
  他们告诉雅克·德洛尔必须不惜任何代价避免一场毁灭性的世界贸易战。
• She doubted that the accident could have been avoided.
  她不认为那场意外本可以避免。