| 单词 | bypass |
| 释义 | bypass (once / 3694 pages) vn When you bypass something, you avoid it, go around it, or ignore it. You might wish you could just read the books assigned in your English class and bypass the papers and exams. You can bypass something physically, like when you bypass the busiest intersections in town during rush hour, driving on smaller streets instead. You can also bypass things figuratively: political candidates often bypass hard questions from reporters, and big businesses sometimes find ways to bypass some of the taxes they owe. As a noun, a bypass is either an alternative road or route; or a heart operation that allows blood flow when an artery is blocked. WORD FAMILYbypass: bypassed, bypasses, bypassing USAGE EXAMPLESAll oversize trucks exceeding 11 feet wide must use the posted detour route, which bypasses 11 miles of interstate. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) With only themselves and their appetites as a guide, they bypass any information that doesn’t suit their predisposition and worldview. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) A bypass channel for the irrigation dam would be built near the Montana-North Dakota border to let endangered pallid sturgeon reach upstream spawning grounds. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v avoid something unpleasant or laborious You cannot bypass these rules! Syn|Hyper get around, go around, short-circuit avoid stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something 2n a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center Syn|Hyper beltway, ring road, ringway highway, main road a major road for any form of motor transport 3n a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part) Hyper shunt a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another 4n a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current Syn|Hyper electrical shunt, shunt conductor a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc. |
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