avoid
中文来自 ECDICT
- vt.
- 避免，防止，撤消
演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English avoiden, from Anglo-Norman avoider, Old French esvuidier (“to empty out”), from es- + vuidier, from Vulgar Latin *vocitāre < Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately related to Latin vacuus. Displaced native Old English forbūgan (literally “to bend away from”).
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (transitive) To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun.
- (transitive) To stay out of the way of (something harmful).
- (transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
- (transitive) To try not to do something or to have something happen.
- (transitive, obsolete) To make empty; to clear.
- (transitive, now law