1.避免；防止to prevent sth bad from happening
The accident could have been avoided.这个事故本来是可以避免的。
They narrowly avoided defeat.他们险些被击败了。
The name was changed to avoid confusion with another firm.改名是为了避免和另一家公司混淆。
They built a wall to avoid soil being washed away.他们建了一堵墙防止土壤流失。
2.回避；避开；躲避to keep away from sb/sth; to try not to do sth
He's been avoiding me all week.整整一个星期他一直在回避我。
She kept avoiding my eyes(= avoided looking at me) .她总是躲避我的目光。
I left early to avoid the rush hour.我早早动身以避开交通高峰时刻。
I've been avoiding getting down to work all day.我一整天都故意拖着不去工作。
You should avoid mentioning his divorce.你应该避免提及他离婚的事。
3.~ sth避免撞到（某物）to prevent yourself from hitting sth
The car swerved to avoid a cat.汽车猛急转弯以免轧到一只猫。
It is hard to avoid the conclusion that healthcare organisations should not really be trying to maximise revenue.
我们很难不得出这样的结论：医疗机构不应真的努力实现收入最大化。
Therefore, make sure production (and any subcontracting) responsibilities are understood up front to avoid this sort of surprise.
因此，请确保生产责任（以及转包）事先都已经清楚了，以免到时候再遇见这种令人惊讶的事情。
As the two left the club, Farnmir tried to pin Shee before she could spring her attack, but Shee's reflexes enabled her to avoid capture.
两人离开夜总会后，法恩米尔试图在希发起进攻前制服她，但希反应敏捷，没有被抓住。
His fingers were fused together and he was unable to close his mouth even enough to avoid drooling.
他的手指被火烧得熔在了一起，他的嘴唇也合不拢，无法止住口水往下流。
More owners might pull their units out of the sales market to avoid incurring losses and rent their properties instead, he said.
他还说，很多的房主为避免损失会将房子从销售市场撤出而选择出租房子。
The first is a failure to do the planning necessary to avoid lawsuits in the first place. In the U.
首先，这些公司没能做出足够的准备以便避免法律纠纷的发生。
If I moved back to this country, I would avoid living and working in London if at all possible.
如果我回到英国居住，可能的话我会尽量避免生活和工作在伦敦。
The polymer has to be strongly adsorbed on the surface to avoid de-adsorption upon collision or dilution of the dispersion.
高分子必须被有力的吸附在表面避免在分散体碰撞或稀释时脱吸。
'These bob up and down as if on elastic. They have a radar detection device to help them avoid spider webs'
这种蝴蝶忽起忽落，就像有弹性一样。它们有一种雷达探测装置，可以帮它们避开蜘蛛网。
And your partner competition swimming, easy to avoid frightening the marine life collection of toy ducks.
和你的伙伴比赛游泳、避免易受惊的海洋生物，收集鸭子玩具。
You might also be able to work from home some of the time, which would let you avoid wasted hours commuting back and forth.
你或许某些时候还能在家里工作，那会让你免去往返于上下班路上所浪费的时间。
If your best guy friend seems to avoid you or is never around when you're with your boyfriend, he's probably jealous and likes you.
如果你最好的男性朋友可以躲开你或者在你男朋友在场的情况下从不出现，他可能是嫉妒了。他也喜欢你。
PROF. : A good lawyer can tell when a person is lying, or when he's trying to avoid.
一位好的律师能够说出来，什麽时候人在说谎，什麽时候他试图避免回答。
Avoid placing the balance in close proximity to a heater or otherwise exposing the balance to extreme heat or to direct sunlight.
不要将天平安装在能直接接受阳光照射的地方，也不要安装在暖器附近，以避免受热。
In short, at the beginning to avoid cliches , empty talk, the way, went straight to the theme of good.
总之，开头要避免套话、空话、题外话，直奔主题为好。
Ducking into a corner of their bedroom to avoid the cross fire, Trotsky and his wife managed to escape unscathed.
为了躲避交叉的火力，托洛茨基和妻子躲进卧室角落，毫发无损的躲过了一劫。
If one of them could give up the custom of trailing and went other direction to look for food, they could avoid the tragedy.
如果有一个毛毛虫破除尾随的习惯向其它方向爬行觅食，就可以避免惨剧发生。
You are not going to be able to avoid paying a lot for your wedding, but you can take steps to find affordable wedding dresses.
你可能打算避免为你的婚纱礼服发费一笔钱，如果这样，你就有必要采取一些措施，找到一个实惠的婚纱礼服。
pictures and designs should be registered, and to be the only legitimate users , to avoid as food unnecessary disputes security issues.
图片及外观设计停止注册，成为独一的合法运用者，防止呈现由于食品平安问题带来不用要的纠葛。
Ford became Richard Nixon's Vice-President after Spiro Agnew was forced to leave the office to avoid corruption charges.
在尼克松政府副总统斯皮罗·阿格纽为逃避贪污罪离任后，福特被尼克松任命为副总统。
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