evade

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

verb

1. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (Freq. 3)
- He dodged the issue
- she skirted the problem
- They tend to evade their responsibilities
- he evaded the questions skillfully
• Syn:
hedge, fudge, put off, circumvent, parry,
elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
• Derivationally related forms:
dodge (for: dodge), dodger (for: dodge), dodging (for: dodge), circumvention (for: circumvent), evasion, hedge (for: hedge), hedger (for: hedge), hedging (for: hedge)
• Hypernyms:
avoid
• Hyponyms:
beg, quibble
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. escape, either physically or mentally (Freq. 1)
- The thief eluded the police
- This difficult idea seems to evade her
- The event evades explanation
• Syn:
elude, bilk
• Derivationally related forms:
evasion, elusive (for: elude), elusion (for: elude), eluding (for: elude)
• Hypernyms:
escape, get away, break loose
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
3. practice evasion
- This man always hesitates and evades
• Derivationally related forms:
evasive
• Hypernyms:
act, move
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
4. use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid
- The con man always evades
• Hypernyms:
get off, get away, get by, get out, escape
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  elude, bilk