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elude

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v.躲避

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elude为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

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

词根

lud=to play(扮演;游戏)

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avoid  dodge  escape  evade  miss    

elude


/ɪ'lu:d; ɪ`lud/
v [Tn]
1 escape (sb/sth), esp by a trick or cleverness; avoid 躲避(某人[某事物])(尤指用计谋或智慧); 逃避
*elude one's enemies 避开敌人
* He eluded capture for weeks by hiding underground.他为免被捕躲藏了几个星期.
2 escape the memory or understanding of (sb) (某人)不记得, 不理解
*I recognize her face, but her name eludes me, ie I can't remember it. 我认得她的脸, 但想不起她的名字了.

elude


v [T]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: eludere, from ludere 'to play']
to escape from someone or something, especially by tricking them
= avoid
 He managed to elude his pursuers by escaping into a river.
if something that you want eludes you, you fail to find or achieve it
 She took the exam again, but again success eluded her.
if a fact or the answer to a problem eludes you, you cannot remember or solve it
= escape
 The exact terminology eludes me for the moment.