avoided
past simple and past participle ofavoid
| 单词 | avoided | |
| 释义 | avoided past simple and past 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 Examplesofavoidedavoided In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Footnotes should beavoidedexcept as indicated above. From theCambridge English Corpus It may beavoidedby replacing the vortex half-line by a narrow vortex cone. From theCambridge English Corpus Respiratory excursions substantially modify the velocity profile and should beavoidedduring standard recording. From theCambridge English Corpus The use of vertical rules should beavoided. From theCambridge English Corpus There are interesting tensions between the chapters, which the editors have wiselyavoidedediting out for the sake of consistency of viewpoint. From theCambridge English Corpus A vocal delivery that might seem haughty or conceited, too mellifluous or elegant, excessively 'musical', or calculated to please others must beavoided. From theCambridge English Corpus In particular, the risk of distortion of the pulmonary arteries isavoided. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, his efforts to solve problems othersavoidedprobably exhausted him. From theCambridge English Corpus Any alterations at proof stage, apart from the correction of printer's misprints, are expensive and must beavoided. From theCambridge English Corpus Secondly, high water depths at application are to beavoided. From theCambridge English Corpus Many organizations have passivelyavoidedtax payment by delaying the payment of wages altogether due to a lack of resources. From theCambridge English Corpus They indicate that the versifieravoidedbreaking more than one rule at once: verses without the alliteration also lack multiple metrical-grammatical requirements for it. From theCambridge English Corpus Obviously, record companies could maximise their profits if theyavoidedhaving to pay royalties. From theCambridge English Corpus However, redundant and superfluous cases can beavoidedby requiring that no case be added to the set arbitrarily. From theCambridge English Corpus Hence, there is also no need to divide word processing into stages, and some of the problems originating from this division can beavoided. 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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