1. （城镇的）大街 a street in a town or city; a broad street in a town, sometimes having trees on each side
2. 林阴道a wide straight road with trees on both sides, especially one leading to a big house
3. 选择；途径；手段 a choice or way of making progress towards sth; a means of reaching a desired result
　

　explore every ～　寻找各种途径
　have no ～ of escape　无路可逃
　open a new ～ of trade　开辟贸易新路pursue new ～s of economic cooperation寻求经济合作的新途径
　walk down an ～　沿林阴大道行走
　imposing ～　宽广的大街
　long open ～s　长而开阔的大道
　magnificent ～　宏伟的大街
　shady ～　阴凉的林阴道
　tree-lined ～　树木成行的林阴大道
　various ～s　各种各样的途径
　cobble-stone ～　由鹅卵石铺成的林阴小道
　New York's Madison Avenue　纽约的麦迪逊大街
　～ of escape　逃跑的方法
　～ of research　研究途径
　～ to 　…的途径
　～ to fame　成名的途径
　～ to knowledge　获取知识的途径
　～ to peaceful settlement　和平解决的途径
　～ to promotion　晋升的途径
　～ to prosperity　繁荣的途径
　～ to success　成功之路
　new ～ to India　通往印度的新路线
　in an ～　〈英〉在大街上
　on an ～　〈美〉在大街上
　one side of an ～　林阴道的一旁

　The Fifth Avenue is a famous shopping center in New York.　第五大街是纽约著名的购物中心。
　One of the world's most beautiful avenues is the Champs Elysees in Paris.　巴黎的香榭丽舍大街是世界最美的大街之一。
　The avenues of Tokyo are crowded with shoppers on Sundays.　星期天东京的各条大街上挤满了购物的人群。
　A broad avenue of lime trees led up to a grand entrance with huge oak doors.　一条栽有酸橙树的宽阔林阴道通向巨大的橡木门的雄伟入口。
　The best avenue to success is hard work.　获得成功的最佳途径是勤奋。
　Only two avenues are open to us—either we accept his offer or we give up the fight completely.　我们只有两种选择——要么接受他的提议，要么完全放弃战斗。
　No sooner was one promising avenue closed than a hundred more opened.　一条充满希望的途径刚被堵住，便有一百条新的途径打开了。
　We must explore every avenue before admitting defeat.　在承认失败之前，我们必须探索一切途径。
　We should explore every avenue in the search for an answer to this problem.　我们要寻求解决这个问题的各种方法。
　The governments are exploring several avenues to reach a peace agreements.　各国政府在多方寻求达成和解的途径。
　The canal is a great avenue of commerce.　这条运河是商业大动脉。
　Book are avenues to knowledge.　书籍是获得知识的渠道。
　The avenue is lined with boutiques.　这街道的两旁有许多精品店。
　He drove slowly. The avenue was crowded with people.　他慢慢地开车，因为大街上挤满了人。
　You can find my house along the avenue.　沿着林阴道你能找到我的家。
　People love to walk down the avenues of Paris.　人们喜欢沿巴黎的大街散步。
　Many people walked down the avenue through the centre of the park.　许多人沿林阴道穿过公园中心。
　Many London theatres are in Shaftesbury Avenue.　伦敦的许多戏院坐落在沙夫茨伯里大街上。
　He knew how the traffic congested at the junction of Seventh Avenue and Forty-second Street.　他知道在第7街和第42街交叉处交通是多么拥挤。
　He lives on Third Avenue.　他住在第三大街上。

 ♣ avenue, alley, expressway, highway, lane, road, street
　参见road条。

　［同义词］ broad street, parkway, treelined road, access, approach, chance, course, direction; opportunity, gate, gateway, outlet, passage, passageway, path, pathway, road, route, way
　［反义词］ alley, lane