| 单词 | sidestep |
| 释义 | sidestep (once / 9016 pages) vn To sidestep something is to get around it by changing the subject or doing something else. If a little kid asks you where babies come from, you might sidestep the question by going to get ice cream. Very quickly. People sidestep questions all the time. When celebrities or politicians don’t want to talk about something, they sidestep reporters’ questions by answering in a long-winded, vague way — or by saying, "No comment." You can also sidestep in a more literal way by physically stepping around things, or stepping to the side in a dance or march. The military term was first used in the eighteenth century, and the figurative meaning followed around 1900. WORD FAMILYsidestep: sidestepped, sidestepping, sidesteps USAGE EXAMPLES‘Ball’s not in my court’: Kirk Cousins sidesteps question about staying in D.C. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) But as is his way, Trump sidesteps all the complexities. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) Sidestepping any of the nuance of the film itself, the title track from Jungle Fever is aggressively shiny, all surface, no reflection. Slate(Dec 18, 2016) 1v avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) Syn|Hypo|Hyper circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, skirt beg dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted quibbleevade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections avoid stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something 2n a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing) Hyper step the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down |
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