单词 | elude |
释义 | elude (ɪluːd ) Word forms: eludes , eluding , eluded 1. verb [no passive] If something that you want eludes you, you fail to obtain it. Sleep eluded her. [VERB noun] At 62, Brian found the celebrity and status that had eluded him for so long. [VERB noun] 2. verb If you elude someone or something, you avoid them or escape from them. He eluded the police for 13 years. [VERB noun] 3. verb [no passive] If a fact or idea eludes you, you do not succeed in understanding it, realizing it, or remembering it. The appropriate word eluded him. [VERB noun] Synonyms: escape, baffle, frustrate, puzzle Collocations: elude the police The duo again elude the police who are following one step behind. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A car chase followed, but he managed to elude the police by fleeing his vehicle and hiding in a sewer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She helps him elude the police when they are searching for him. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 No one had realised that the burglar who had eluded the police across the county was using the ploy of parking some way from his targets and then cycling there. Times, Sunday Times Tracking down the agent who double-crossed him, and eluding the police simultaneously, he becomes both the hunter and the hunted. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 不为…所获得 Japanese: すり抜ける |
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