circumnavigate
verb[T]
uk/ˌsɜː.kəmˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/us/ˌsɝː.kəmˈnæv.ə.ɡeɪt/circumnavigateverb[T](SAIL AROUND)
formal
tosailall the way around something:
绕…航行;绕道,绕行They circumnavigated Cape Horn Island incanoes.他们乘独木舟绕合恩角航行。
Navigation & shipwrecks
- astrolabe
- buoy
- chart
- circumnavigation
- foghorn
- lane
- lighthouse
- narrows
- navigability
- navigable
- navigational
- passage
- pilot
- quadrant
- refloat
- shipwreck
- sonar
- the doldrums
- the Pole Star
- yaw
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Sailing & boating
circumnavigateverb[T](AVOID)
tomovearound something inordertoavoidhittingit:
避开,绕行Wecarriedthepicturecarefullythrough to themainexhibition, circumnavigating severalobstaclesenroute.我们一路绕过了好几个障碍,小心翼翼地把这幅画运送到主展览会。
toavoidsomething by taking aparticularcourseofaction:
绕开,绕过,避免触犯(法律规定等)Manufacturers andshopscircumnavigate(=avoid)gunlawsbyprovidingrealisticmodelsthat areunabletodischargemissiles.厂商和商店为了避免触犯枪支法,销售无法射击的真枪模型。
Moving in order to avoid contact
- avoid
- avoidsomethinglike the plagueidiom
- avoidance
- bypass
- clear
- dodge
- duck and diveidiom
- duck and dodge(something)idiom
- duck and weaveidiom
- evasive
- evasively
- evasiveness
- fall
- jump
- moving target
- sidestep
- skirt
- steer
- steer clear ofsomeone/somethingidiom
- weave
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Avoiding action
Outcomes and consequences