circumvent是什么意思,circumvent怎么用

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circumvent

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📰 外刊例句

President Donald Trump has circumvented the WTO to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports , including those from America’s allies. 美国总统特朗普已经绕过WTO对进口钢铁和铝材征收关税,包括来自美国盟国的进口。

—— 《经济学人》

—— 《纽约时报》


📖 基本释义

[verb] find a way around (an obstacle)
[动词] 想办法绕过(某个障碍)


💡 深入解读

Circumvent 一词源自拉丁语circumvenire(绕过去、环绕、围绕,喻指“压迫、攻击、欺骗”),由前缀 circum- (环绕、周围)+ 词根 vent (来)构成,15世纪中期进入英语后也是用来表示“围绕、包围”,多指“以敌对策略包围”,以及喻指“欺骗、以智取胜、以计击败”,

比如:

Circumvented by the diehard enemy, the prince's attendants had to circumvent them by craft.在顽固敌人的包围下,王子的侍从们不得不以计谋智胜对手。

The game had a single inviolable rule: obstacles were to be overcome, not circumvented.不过这些含义现已较少使用,转而到了1840年后, circumvent 开始用来表示现在的主要含义“绕过、绕行”,即想办法绕过某个挡着路的障碍,比如:该比赛有一个不容违背的规则:必须跳过而不能绕过障碍物。

Right on cue, they found a way of circumventing the law.从这个概念出发, circumvent 常作为正式用语引申表示“绕过、规避、逃避”某个问题、困难、规则或限制,以及“躲避、回避”某人(尤指意欲伤害自己的人),多以一种巧妙、秘密或非法的方式实现,比如:恰在这时,他们找到了规避法律的途径。

The industrious and willing usher occasionally attempted to circumvent that grumpy old man.这位勤劳肯干的迎宾员偶尔会试图避开那个脾气暴躁的老人。


📚 名著用例

By that time it was a cabal, and we were all Miss Emily's allies to help circumvent the cousins. 到这个时候,我们达成了一个共识,都成了爱米丽小姐的同盟,帮助她打发掉这对堂姐妹。

— 出自《美国著名作家威廉·福克纳(William Faulkner)创作的经典短篇小说《献给爱米丽的一朵玫瑰花》( A Rose for Emily )。》


🔍 同近义词

  • eschew: deliberately avoid using; abstain from
  • evade: escape or avoid (someone or something), especially by guile or trickery
  • bypass: avoid or circumvent (an obstacle or problem)
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