elude

英 [iˈluːd]

美 [iˈluːd]

v.  (尤指机敏地)避开，逃避，躲避; 使达不到; 使不记得; 使不理解

过去分词：eluded　过去式：eluded　第三人称单数：eludes　现在分词：eluding　

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同义词辨析

avoideludeevade【导航词义：躲避，逃避】

牛津词典

verb

• （尤指机敏地）避开，逃避，躲避
  to manage to avoid or escape from sb/sth, especially in a clever way
  1. The two men managed to elude the police for six weeks.
     这两个男人想方设法逃避警方追捕达六个星期。
• 使达不到；使不记得；使不理解
  if sth eludes you, you are not able to achieve it, or not able to remember or understand it
  1. He was extremely tired but sleep eluded him.
     他累极了，却睡不着。
  2. They're a popular band but chart success has eluded them so far.
     他们是一支很受欢迎的乐队，但到目前为止还未能在每周流行唱片榜上取得佳绩。
  3. Finally he remembered the tiny detail that had eluded him the night before.
     他终于想起了前一天晚上想不起来的细节。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 错过;未获得
  If something that you wanteludesyou, you fail to obtain it.
  1. Sleep eluded her...
     她失眠了。
  2. At 62, Brian found the celebrity and status that had eluded him for so long.
     布赖恩在62岁时获得了多年来未能得到的名望和地位。
• VERB 躲避;避开;逃避
  If youeludesomeone or something, you avoid them or escape from them.
  1. He eluded the police for 13 years.
     他躲过了警方抓捕达13年。
• VERB 不为…所明白;不为…所记得
  If a fact or ideaeludesyou, you do not succeed in understanding it, realizing it, or remembering it.
  1. The appropriate word eluded him.
     他找不到合适的字眼。

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 offcircumventparryskirtdodgeducksidestep
• escape, either physically or mentally
  1. The thief eluded the police
  2. This difficult idea seems to evade her
  3. The event evades explanation
  Synonym:evadebilk
• be incomprehensible to
  1. What you are seeing in him eludes me
  Synonym:escape

双语例句

• He tried his best to conceal traces so as to elude pursuers.
  他尝试灭迹掩盖痕迹以甩掉追踪者。
• The difference between job descriptions and accomplishments seems to elude most people.
  职位描述与个人成就的区别似乎让大多数人为之头痛。
• I had dared and baffled his fury; I must elude his sorrow.
  我曾经面对过他的愤怒，并且把它挫败了；现在我必须躲避他的悲哀。
• The thief eluded the police; This difficult idea seems to elude me.
  小偷躲避了警察；这个难题看起来躲避了我。
• The details of the case elude me.
  这一事情的详细情况我记下起来。
• They have managed to elude a change in tax treatment for years, but the ascendancy of one of their own may be what finally reverses their fortune.
  他们多年来想方设法逃避在税款处理上的变革，但是他们之中的一个所拥有的支配权可能最终会让他们的财富化为乌有。
• We were able to fly into some clouds and elude the enemy planes, but I have never forgotten that.
  说完，我们的飞机就钻入云层，摆脱了敌机，可是我一直都不能忘却这件事。
• However, the complete solution continues to elude us.
  然而，我们还是没有找到完全的解决方案。
• I had to learn how to elude him, outsmart him.
  我得学会如何躲避他，智胜他。
• Sleep eluded her
  她失眠了。