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单词 obviate
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Definition of obviate in English:

obviate

verb ˈɒbvɪeɪtˈɑbviˌeɪt
[with object]
  • 1Remove (a need or difficulty)

    the presence of roller blinds obviated the need for curtains
    Example sentencesExamples
    • My own view is that by turning over this information, we obviate the need for Matt to even testify, let alone be incarcerated.
    • A wind-based ventilation system installed in the eco-floatel obviates the need for an air-conditioner.
    • First, a well-functioning market economy does not obviate the need for democracy and civil and political rights.
    • This construction obviates the need to incorporate time into the backward construction of genealogical histories.
    • Limiting exceptions to the rule to clear cases obviates the need for deliberation in every case.
    • This, however, does not obviate the need for democratic forces to formulate a strategy for change.
    • The simplicity of the product would also obviate the need for independent financial advice at the point of sale.
    • As such, the system already obviates the need for journals to pay for the work that they publish.
    • The diagnostic yield of bronchoalveolar lavage approaches 90%, obviating the need for biopsy in most cases.
    • Forcing that outcome now is right and timely, and may obviate the need to pursue it militarily later.
    • The vast majority of adenomas can be removed at colonoscopy, obviating the need for surgery.
    • It won't obviate the need for the Government to address the chronic skills crisis that's facing our military.
    • When it does become a reality, it is not expected to obviate the need for treatment.
    • The new boards obviate the need for accurately positioned spotlights or coloured bulbs.
    • All the terraces are concrete, which obviates the need to worry about timber decking rotting or getting slippery when wet.
    • This capability has major logistic advantages in obviating the need to carry other fuels to battle.
    • And there are a number of cases that appear to obviate the need for a specifically partisan approach.
    • All of which rather obviates the need for an answer to my first question.
    • But then, that would obviate the need for Mozart's Marriage of Figaro.
    • Should this obviate the need to consider alternative theories?
    Synonyms
    preclude, prevent, remove, get rid of, do away with, get round, rule out, eliminate, make unnecessary, take away, foreclose, avoid, avert, counter
    1. 1.1 Avoid or prevent (something undesirable)
      a parachute can be used to obviate disaster
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As they made changes in the military doctrine, its authors practically obviated such concepts as strategic offensive operation in continental TO.
      • However, characterizing the migration and traction of a population of cells assuming time invariance obviates determination of dynamic changes in the associated parameters.
      • By permitting the use of suffer materials, it may obviate the problem of undesired sticking of particulates.
      • Our study obviates that criticism, because the antibodies we used are directed toward CXCL12 rather than to CXCR4-bearing NSCLC cells.
      • Third, hypoxia can be induced surreptitiously, obviating behavioral responses at the time where critical measurements are made.
      • This incredible pillow-based innovation permits grandkids to obviate unpleasant grandma kisses and avoid exposure to toxic grandpa odors.
      • This obviated much of the criticism that would have occurred if funding had been diverted from standard health or law enforcement budgets.

Derivatives

  • obviation

  • noun ɒbvɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n
    • In the one there was much talk of the unconscious, of metaphor and metonymy, contradictions, resolutions, transformations and obviations.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They emphasise that the obviation of these figures is a form of patriarchy.
      • This occurs indirectly (and hence in a viable form) through a series of metaphoric obviations.
      • This dual status of obviation has led Foley and Van Valin to take it as ‘an interesting transition point between gender systems and… switch-reference systems'.

Origin

Late 16th century: from late Latin obviat- 'prevented', from the verb obviare, based on Latin via 'way'.

 
 

Definition of obviate in US English:

obviate

verbˈäbvēˌātˈɑbviˌeɪt
[with object]
  • 1Remove (a need or difficulty)

    the Venetian blinds obviated the need for curtains
    Example sentencesExamples
    • When it does become a reality, it is not expected to obviate the need for treatment.
    • Forcing that outcome now is right and timely, and may obviate the need to pursue it militarily later.
    • As such, the system already obviates the need for journals to pay for the work that they publish.
    • The new boards obviate the need for accurately positioned spotlights or coloured bulbs.
    • Should this obviate the need to consider alternative theories?
    • The vast majority of adenomas can be removed at colonoscopy, obviating the need for surgery.
    • All of which rather obviates the need for an answer to my first question.
    • The diagnostic yield of bronchoalveolar lavage approaches 90%, obviating the need for biopsy in most cases.
    • All the terraces are concrete, which obviates the need to worry about timber decking rotting or getting slippery when wet.
    • This capability has major logistic advantages in obviating the need to carry other fuels to battle.
    • This construction obviates the need to incorporate time into the backward construction of genealogical histories.
    • The simplicity of the product would also obviate the need for independent financial advice at the point of sale.
    • And there are a number of cases that appear to obviate the need for a specifically partisan approach.
    • It won't obviate the need for the Government to address the chronic skills crisis that's facing our military.
    • Limiting exceptions to the rule to clear cases obviates the need for deliberation in every case.
    • But then, that would obviate the need for Mozart's Marriage of Figaro.
    • First, a well-functioning market economy does not obviate the need for democracy and civil and political rights.
    • A wind-based ventilation system installed in the eco-floatel obviates the need for an air-conditioner.
    • My own view is that by turning over this information, we obviate the need for Matt to even testify, let alone be incarcerated.
    • This, however, does not obviate the need for democratic forces to formulate a strategy for change.
    Synonyms
    preclude, prevent, remove, get rid of, do away with, get round, rule out, eliminate, make unnecessary, take away, foreclose, avoid, avert, counter
    1. 1.1 Avoid; prevent.
      a parachute can be used to obviate disaster
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Our study obviates that criticism, because the antibodies we used are directed toward CXCL12 rather than to CXCR4-bearing NSCLC cells.
      • This incredible pillow-based innovation permits grandkids to obviate unpleasant grandma kisses and avoid exposure to toxic grandpa odors.
      • However, characterizing the migration and traction of a population of cells assuming time invariance obviates determination of dynamic changes in the associated parameters.
      • As they made changes in the military doctrine, its authors practically obviated such concepts as strategic offensive operation in continental TO.
      • This obviated much of the criticism that would have occurred if funding had been diverted from standard health or law enforcement budgets.
      • By permitting the use of suffer materials, it may obviate the problem of undesired sticking of particulates.
      • Third, hypoxia can be induced surreptitiously, obviating behavioral responses at the time where critical measurements are made.

Origin

Late 16th century: from late Latin obviat- ‘prevented’, from the verb obviare, based on Latin via ‘way’.

 
 
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