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circumventing

/sur-kuhm-vent, sur-kuhm-vent/US // ˌsɜr kəmˈvɛnt, ˈsɜr kəmˌvɛnt //UK // (ˌsɜːkəmˈvɛnt) //

规避,回避,绕开,逃避

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
    • : to avoid by artfulness or deception; avoid by anticipating or outwitting: He circumvented capture by anticipating their movements.
    • : to surround or encompass, as by stratagem; entrap: to circumvent a body of enemy troops.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbfool, mislead
Forms: circumvented

Examples

  • The Hanzawa case illustrates how some owners are able to circumvent coastal protections at the county level.

  • Encinitas Mayor Catherine Blakespear described the amendment as a practical revision, not an attempt to circumvent the construction of more affordable homes.

  • Ballot initiatives, which are allowed in about half of the states, enable individuals and groups to circumvent legislatures and ask voters to decide on a law.

  • Encinitas Mayor Catherine Blakespear, who also serves on the City Council, said changing the density calculation from gross to net acreage is a practical revision, not a way to circumvent the construction of more affordable homes.

  • Selfish individuals began faking their dogs were service dogs on flights to circumvent pet fees and avoid checking larger pets as cargo.

  • These same companies have also been adept at circumventing user privacy and avoiding their tax obligations.

  • The salary cap circumventing story came after DeBartolo was out of the league.

  • He describes youthful aides calling top generals directly, thereby circumventing the chain of command.

  • And we're clever, which means we're good at circumventing rules, especially if the rules are easy to circumvent in the fist place.

  • There are simply too many unanswered questions to even suggest circumventing the jury process by dropping the charges.

  • There were ways, however, of evading inexorable law and circumventing base injustice.

  • The Blacks were for circumventing the Ordinances, while the Whites were for carrying them out and extending their principles.

  • In the colonies men who were bent on circumventing the post office pursued another course.

  • Suddenly the sight of a slat sunbonnet, hanging on a nail beside her, suggested a means of circumventing him.

  • We have puzzled over the following and 'give it up:' 'What way of circumventing a man can be so easy and suitable as a period?