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单词 circumvent
释义 circumvent
 —circumventer, circumventor,  n.   —circumvention,  n.   —circumventive,  adj.  
 /serr'keuhm vent", serr"keuhm vent'/,  v.t.  
  1. to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
  2. to avoid (defeat, failure, unpleasantness, etc.) by artfulness or deception; avoid by anticipating or outwitting: He circumvented capture by anticipating their movements.
  3. to surround or encompass, as by stratagem; entrap: to circumvent a body of enemy troops.
 [1545-55; < L circumventus (ptp. of circumvenire to come around, surround, oppress, defraud), equiv. to circum- CIRCUM- + ven(ire) to come + -tus ptp. suffix]
 Syn. 2. escape, elude, evade, outwit. 3. encircle; ensnare.
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