单词 | circumvent |
释义 | cir·cum·vent (sûr′kəm-vĕnt) tr.v. cir·cum·vent·ed, cir·cum·vent·ing, cir·cum·vents 1. To surround (an enemy, for example); enclose or entrap. 2. To go around; bypass: circumvented the city. 3. To avoid or get around by artful maneuvering: circumvented the bureaucratic red tape. [Middle English circumventen, from Latin circumvenīre, circumvent- : circum-, circum- + venīre, to go, come; see gwā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] cir′cum·venter, cir′cum·ventor n. cir′cum·vention n. cir′cum·ventive adj. |
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