请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 elude
释义

eludev.

/ɪl(j)uːd/
Etymology: < Latin ēlūdĕre, < ē out + lūdĕre to play.
1.
Thesaurus »
a. To befool, delude. (Partly confused with illude v.)
b. To baffle, disappoint. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > disappoint, frustrate [verb (transitive)]
swikeOE
beguile1483
deludea1513
disappointa1513
dispointa1513
forsake1526
betray1594
mock1600
frustrate1663
evade1692
elude1694
balk1735
to let down1795
slip1890
1594 W. West Symbolæogr.: 2nd Pt. ii. §173 A witch or hagg is she which being eluded by a league made with the devil..thinketh, etc.
c1600 Wriothesley's Chron. Eng. (1875) I. 75 The people had bene eluded and caused to doe great idolatrie.
1694 E. Phillips tr. J. Milton Lett. of State 192 If that hope fail 'em, eluded and frustrated,..where at length to find a resting place they know not.
c. To wile away (tedium). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] > pleasantly
short1449
shorten1579
deceive1591
sport1593
delude1615
entreata1616
while1635
elude1660
divert1707
dangle1727
wile1796
smile1803
to round off1824
1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated 12 Men.. seek company to divert themselves, so to elude the length of time.
2.
a. To escape by dexterity or stratagem (a blow, attack, danger, or difficulty).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > contrive to escape or evade
fleec1175
shunc1275
forgoc1305
passc1330
escapea1340
beglidea1350
voidc1380
shuntc1400
missa1522
evade1535
delude1536
to dally out1548
illude1553
prevent1598
outruna1616
to fail of1624
elude1634
subterfugea1643
shoot1685
shift1724
to get out of ——a1817
win by…1816
1634–46 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 141 Murderers, adulterers, &c., labours to elude discipline by fleeing from place to place.
a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 481 The stroke of humane law may..often be..eluded by slight, by gift, by favour.
1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iii. 444 The wary Trojan, bending from the Blow, Eludes his Death.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 246 Difficulties which they rather had eluded than escaped, meet them again in their course. View more context for this quotation
1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. v. iii. 20 A thousand devices..prepared him to elude the wound.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth x, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 250 It was..agreed, that, to elude the bad omen, the new King should assume the name of Robert.
b. To evade the force of (an argument).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > an argument
elude1612
to put by1618
to put off1675
to shift offa1768
1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus (i. 6) 102 Others seeking to elude this text say, [etc.].
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. vi. i. sig. Mm8 Men..elude what they cannot despise.
1696 W. Whiston Disc. conc. Mosaick Hist. Creation 26 in New Theory of Earth The Holy Books ought not to be tormented or eluded.
1710 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) VI. 625 All which the Paris letters of the 1st seem to elude.
1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 294 He thus adroitly eludes an argument which, [etc.].
3. To evade compliance with or fulfilment of (a law, order, demand, request, obligation, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > refuse to submit to [verb (transitive)] > evade compliance with
elude1651
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > be unprincipled in [verb (transitive)] > defeat purpose of by specious compliance
delude1536
elude1709
evade1762
1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. xviii. §13. 360 He would..elude that obedience which he hath contracted to yeeld.
a1683 A. Sidney Disc. Govt. (1698) iii. §xxvii. 378 He that dos by art obliquely elude, confesses he has not a right absolutely to refuse.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 6. ⁋13 The Pope uses all imaginable shifts to elude the Treaty.
1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. x. 192 He wished..to have eluded the obligation of his oath.
1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. 381 A cavil was now devised to elude this title.
1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 69 How comes law to bear eluding?
4.
a. To slip away from, escape adroitly from (a person's grasp or pursuit, literal and figurative); to evade (curiosity, vigilance, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > contrive to escape or evade > a person or slip away from
aglya1250
outsteala1325
glide?1510
slip1513
betrumpa1522
to give (one) the slip1567
to get by ——1601
outslip1616
to give (a person or thing) the go-by1653
elude1667
to tip (a person) the picks1673
bilk1679
to tip (a person) the pikes1688
to give one the drop1709
jouk1812
double1819
sneak1819
shirk1837
duck1896
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 158 Of these the vigilance I dread, and to elude, thus wrapt in mist..glide obscure. View more context for this quotation
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. x. 152 Providence has thought fit to elude our curiosity.
1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany iv. 42 The glittering gem of the Arabian tale ever eludes the grasp.
1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight iii. 35 The something..that evolves thought and reason—like an ignis fatuus, eludes the grasp of science.
b. Hence, to elude a person: to escape his embrace, grasp, pursuit.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, conceal [verb (transitive)] > escape observation
escape1593
to elude a person1791
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. x. 411 Lest he elude us, and escape to Troy.
1813 H. Smith & J. Smith Horace in London ii. xvi. 156 The jilt [sc. wit] in spite Eludes the man of letters.
1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iv. vii. 389 He eludes thee like a Spirit.
1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xvii. 286 Ambiorix..had as yet eluded him.
5. Of things: to elude enquiry, elude notice, elude observation, etc.: to remain undiscovered or unexplained.
ΚΠ
1816 E. Malone in J. Boswell Life Johnson II. 358 (note) [Quoting E. Malone, an. 1775] This celebrated Epitaph..has eluded a very diligent enquiry.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. §3. 243 The total absorption being so small as to elude even Melloni's delicate tests.
1878 B. Stewart & P. G. Tait Unseen Universe vi. §177. 181 So infinitesimally small as to elude our observation.

Derivatives

eˈluded adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [adjective] > taking evasive action > evaded
eluded1712
1712 A. Pope tr. Statius First Bk. Thebais in Misc. Poems 23 Th' eluded Rage of Jove.
1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvi. 495 Th' eluded Suitors stem the wat'ry way.
1737 S. Johnson in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1816) I. 87 A feeble government, eluded laws.
eˈluding n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > evasion or escape from threat
again-chareOE
evitation1626
evasion1657
eviting1707
evading1818
eluding1872
1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch III. v. l. 121 A triumphant eluding of his purpose.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
<
v.1594
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/21 3:35:44