elude
动词 v.
英 [ɪˈlʉwd]
美 /ɪˈlud/
英文释义
动词 v.
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To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
— Thus the observation of human blindness and weakness is the result of all philosophy, and meets us at every turn, in spite of our endeavours to elude or avoid it.
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To shake off (a pursuer); to give someone the slip.
— Podolski gave Walcott a chance to further embellish Arsenal's first-half performance when he eluded James Perch and slipped the ball through to the striker.
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To escape being understandable to; to be incomprehensible to.
— I get algebra, but calculus eludes me.
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To escape someone's memory, to slip someone's mind.
— The solution of that brainteaser eludes me and the name of the author eludes my memory too.
词源
From Latin ēlūdō (“to evade, elude”), from ē- (“out of”, short form of ex-) + lūdō (“to play; to trick”).
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