elude

elude

shun, dodge, escape, avoid, evade: elude the police
Not to be confused with:allude – hint, intimate, suggest; to refer to casually; an indirect reference: allude to a mutual friend

e·lude

E0097200 (ĭ-lo͞od′) tr.v. e·lud·ed, e·lud·ing, e·ludes 1. To evade or escape from, as by daring, cleverness, or skill: The suspect eluded the police. See Synonyms at evade.2. To escape the memory or understanding of: a name that eludes me; a point that eluded the audience. 3. To be unattained by: Another championship eluded her.

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[Latin ēlūdere : ē-, ex-, ex- + lūdere, to play (from lūdus, play; see leid- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).]

elude

(ɪˈluːd) vb (tr) 1. to escape or avoid (capture, one's pursuers, etc), esp by cunning2. to avoid fulfilment of (a responsibility, obligation, etc); evade3. to escape discovery, or understanding by; baffle: the solution eluded her. [C16: from Latin ēlūdere to deceive, from lūdere to play] eˈluder n elusion nUsage: Elude is sometimes wrongly used where allude is meant: he was alluding (not eluding) to his previous visit to the city

e•lude

(ɪˈlud)

v.t. e•lud•ed, e•lud•ing. 1. to avoid capture or escape detection by; evade. 2. to escape the perception or comprehension of: His popularity eludes me. [1530–40; < Latin ēlūdere to deceive, evade =ē- e- + lūdere to play] e•lud′er, n. syn: See escape.

elude

Past participle: eluded
Gerund: eluding

Imperative
elude
elude

Present
I elude
you elude
he/she/it eludes
we elude
you elude
they elude

Preterite
I eluded
you eluded
he/she/it eluded
we eluded
you eluded
they eluded

Present Continuous
I am eluding
you are eluding
he/she/it is eluding
we are eluding
you are eluding
they are eluding

Present Perfect
I have eluded
you have eluded
he/she/it has eluded
we have eluded
you have eluded
they have eluded

Past Continuous
I was eluding
you were eluding
he/she/it was eluding
we were eluding
you were eluding
they were eluding

Past Perfect
I had eluded
you had eluded
he/she/it had eluded
we had eluded
you had eluded
they had eluded

Future
I will elude
you will elude
he/she/it will elude
we will elude
you will elude
they will elude

Future Perfect
I will have eluded
you will have eluded
he/she/it will have eluded
we will have eluded
you will have eluded
they will have eluded

Future Continuous
I will be eluding
you will be eluding
he/she/it will be eluding
we will be eluding
you will be eluding
they will be eluding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been eluding
you have been eluding
he/she/it has been eluding
we have been eluding
you have been eluding
they have been eluding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been eluding
you will have been eluding
he/she/it will have been eluding
we will have been eluding
you will have been eluding
they will have been eluding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been eluding
you had been eluding
he/she/it had been eluding
we had been eluding
you had been eluding
they had been eluding

Conditional
I would elude
you would elude
he/she/it would elude
we would elude
you would elude
they would elude

Past Conditional
I would have eluded
you would have eluded
he/she/it would have eluded
we would have eluded
you would have eluded
they would have eluded

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	elude - escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"evade, bilkescape, get away, break loose - run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"
	2.	elude - be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"escapebewilder, dumbfound, flummox, baffle, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, stupefy, amaze, gravel, vex, pose, stick, beat, get - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"resist, defy, refuse - elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation"
	3.	elude - avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"evade, hedge, sidestep, skirt, parry, fudge, circumvent, dodge, duck, put offbeg - dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted; "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion"quibble - evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objectionsavoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"

elude

verb1. evade, escape, lose, avoid, flee, duck (informal), dodge, get away from, shake off, run away from, circumvent, outrun, body-swerve (Scot.) The thieves managed to elude the police for months.2. escape, baffle, frustrate, puzzle, stump, foil, be beyond (someone), thwart, confound The appropriate word eluded him.Usage: Elude is sometimes wrongly used where alludeis meant: he was alluding (not eluding) to his previous visit to the city.

elude

verb1. To keep away from:avoid, burke, bypass, circumvent, dodge, duck, escape, eschew, evade, get around, shun.Idioms: fight shy of, give a wide berth to, have no truck with, keep clear of.2. To get away from (a pursuer):evade, lose, shake off, slip, throw off.Slang: shake.Idiom: give someone the shake.3. To fail to be fixed by the mind, memory, or senses of:escape.Idiom: slip away from.

Translations

逃避难倒

elude

(iˈluːd) verb1. to escape or avoid by quickness or cleverness. He eluded his pursuers. 逃避 逃避2. to be too difficult etc for (a person) to understand or remember. The meaning of this poem eludes me. 難倒 难倒eˈlusive (-siv) adjective escaping or vanishing, often or cleverly. an elusive criminal. 躲避的 躲避的