单词 | elude |
释义 | eludev.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. 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 |
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