词组 | avoid |
释义 | avoid If you avoid something, you take action to prevent it from happening to you. ...a book on how to avoid a heart attack. ...techniques that will avoid mistakes. If you avoid doing something, you make sure that you do not do it. Thomas turned his head, trying to avoid breathing in the smoke. You must avoid giving any unnecessary information. Note that you do not say that you 'avoid to do' something. ◊ WARNING If you cannot control or change the way you behave, you do not say that you 'can't avoid' it. You say that you can't help it or that you can't help yourself. It was so crowded, I couldn't help leaning on him a little. You know what his temper's like, he just can't help himself. If someone does not allow you to do what you want to do, you do not say that they 'avoid' you doing it. You say that they prevent you from doing it. My only idea was to prevent him from speaking. |
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