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give wide berth to

/burth/US // bɜrθ //UK // (bɜːθ) //

靠边站,靠拢,靠边停车

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a shelflike sleeping space, as on a ship, airplane, or railroad car.
    • : Nautical. the space allotted to a vessel at anchor or at a wharf.the distance maintained between a vessel and the shore, another vessel, or any object.the position or rank of a ship's officer.the cabin of a ship's officer.
    • : a job; position.
    • : a place, listing, or role: She clinched a berth on our tennis team.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Nautical. to allot to a certain space at which to anchor or tie up.to bring to or install in a berth, anchorage, or moorage: The captain had to berth the ship without the aid of tugboats.
    • : to provide with a sleeping space, as on a train.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Nautical. to come to a dock, anchorage, or moorage.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
baffle挡板,档板,迷惑,迷惑性confound困惑,混淆,混淆视听dodge躲避,躲闪,躲躲闪闪,躲开evade躲避,回避,避开,逃避flee逃离,逃亡,逃跑,逃走foil箔,箔片,箔纸,挫折frustrate沮丧,挫折,挫败,沮丧的outrun超越,逃过一劫,撵走,撵上outwit智取,智取豪夺,智取威虎山,智慧puzzle谜题,难题,拼图,谜团shun阴阳师,阴柔,阴,阴阳stall摊位,档期,档口,摊开stonewall石墙,石头墙,石壁,石牆thwart阻挠,阻挠了,阻碍,阻止bilk胆小鬼circumvent回避,避开,躲避,逃避ditch沟渠,沟,沟壑,沟壑纵横double双,双倍,双重,双份duck鸭子,鸭蛋,鸭肉,烤鸭eschew摒弃,避开,规避,摒弃了fly飞,飞翔,苍蝇shirk推卸责任,推诿,逃避责任,逃避shuck剥皮,剥壳,剥落,剥去shy羞涩,羞涩的,害羞,害羞的stump树桩,残端,残枝败叶,残枝be beyond someone望尘莫及,超脱于人,超脱于人了,超脱于人的beat around the bush拐弯抹角,绕弯子,拐弯抹角的,拐弯抹角的说cop out逃避责任,逃避,抄走了,抄袭get around走动,传开,绕过,传播get away from脱离,脱身,脱,摆脱give the runaround敷衍了事,兜圈子,搪塞说法,搪塞give the slip失言,露馅,露馅儿了,露馅了hem and haw支支吾吾,支支吾吾的,折腾来折腾去,支支吾吾的说not touch不接触,不碰,未触及,别碰pass the buck推卸责任,推诿责任,推诿扯皮,转嫁责任pass up弃权,放弃,放弃了,遗弃run around跑来跑去,转来转去,跑来跑去的,转悠stay shy of躲避,避开,远离,躲开steer clear of避开,躲开,躲避,避免

Examples

  • Then to close out the season, Washington returns home for meetings with Rivera’s old team, the Panthers, and the Seattle Seahawks, before heading to Philadelphia with possibly a playoff berth on the line.

  • After everyone cooled down, the 6-3 teams, in contention for a wild-card berth, turned their attention to football.

  • From here, Ohio State needs to sweep Illinois, Michigan State and Michigan — none of whom will escape this weekend with a winning record — and then defeat the Big Ten West champ to effectively sew up a playoff berth.

  • Like at airports, berths are used by multiple ships, and a late ship can cause larger delays in the system.

  • It ended, as Butler was leading Miami to a berth in the NBA Finals, with a first-round sweep and the dismissal of head coach Brett Brown.

  • Applying the Fourth Amendment to street stops, the Court has long preferred bright, clear rules that give wide berth to police.

  • Only then would a racer likely get a chance at a World Cup berth, from the very back of the start list.

  • Nobody wants to come anywhere near you, and the more expensive the other car, the wider berth it allows.

  • Still, I retain hope that—given its midseason berth—NBC can tweak this enough to improve on an underwhelming first showing.

  • They arranged for a berth for Liebling on LCI(L)-88, one of the first large landing crafts scheduled to hit Omaha.

  • He showed his wisdom in giving the Pandemonium card-room a very wide berth for the rest of his days.

  • Let the young philosopher avoid such practice, and give a wide berth to those who follow them.

  • This was not a bad idea, although the stranger shuddered as he thought of his ill-smelling stateroom and short berth.

  • This seemed reasonable, and the people settled upon it, and gave him a wide berth as one who wished to be let alone.

  • He kept his official berth, and continued to go into society, frequenting dances and theatres.