avoiding
present participle ofavoid
| 单词 | avoiding |
| 释义 | avoiding present participle ofavoid avoid verb[T] uk/əˈvɔɪd/us/əˈvɔɪd/B1 tostayaway from someone or something: Itryto avoidsupermarketsonSaturdays- they're always sobusy. I'manxioustoavoid themotorwayatrushhour. Do youthinkLukas is avoiding me? I haven'tseenhim allday. to avoid someone or something
B2 topreventsomething fromhappeningor to notallowyourself to do something: [+ -ing verb]Itryto avoid goingshoppingonSaturdays. Thereportstudiouslyavoided anymentionof thecontroversialplan. Theplanenarrowlyavoideddisasterwhen one of theenginescutout ontake-off. Ileftthepubto avoid afight(=preventafightfromhappening). Unnecessarypaperworkshould be avoided(=prevented)at allcosts. to avoid doing something
to prevent something from happening
Moving in order to avoid contact
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Avoiding action Preventing and impeding Idiomavoidsomethinglike the plague Examplesofavoidingavoiding In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. There are two distinct aspects of controlling a highly redundant robot such that it reaches its goal whilstavoidingall obstacles. From theCambridge English Corpus Furthermore, there would be no overflow, therebyavoidingthe staining of solar cells. From theCambridge English Corpus Until the child made a selection, the experimenter kept gazing at the child, thusavoidinglooking at either the visible object or the bucket. From theCambridge English Corpus A third way ofavoidingunsatisfactory statistics is to confine the area of study to a place for which detailed analyses are possible. From theCambridge English Corpus The play follows the chronology of events, mostlyavoidingthe lengthy exposition of conventional drama. From theCambridge English Corpus Any viable modern position, it seems, must try to preserve the important values contained in each of these two extremes, whileavoidingtheir defects. From theCambridge English Corpus Secondly, some adaptations aim atavoidingspecific tasks during the weekend, such as oestrous detection or farrowing supervision. From theCambridge English Corpus Administrators who select facially nonracial admissions criteria "in order to promote racial diversity" are notavoidingthe law but are violating it. From theCambridge English Corpus Alternately, the stress of a dissatisfying relationship may increase her tolerance of disruptive behavior as a way ofavoidingstruggles with her child. From theCambridge English Corpus In addition, the mice showed no preference foravoidingbright open fields in the first days. From theCambridge English Corpus Of course, this does not meanavoidingcategorical notions and diagrams altogether, but understanding them in the sense of the internal language. From theCambridge English Corpus If they focus on short run macroeconomic stabilization (avoidinga credit crunch) they may increase the probability of bank failures and bank panics. From theCambridge English Corpus The dry nitrogen evaporating from the dewar is also used to flush the case, thusavoidingmoisture condensation effects on the optics. From theCambridge English Corpus The dominant effect is unclear -avoidingcostly conflict or bargaining gains. From theCambridge English Corpus In the interest ofavoidinguncertainty and disputes, lawyers need to draw the line as to when mailed contracts are complete. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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