【avoid音标】 英[əˈvɔɪd] 美[əˈvɔɪd]
【单词释义】 avoid是什么意思：
vt.避免，回避；避开；躲避；预防；[法]使无效，撤销，废止
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] avoids
[单词现在分词] avoiding
[单词过去式] avoided
[单词过去分词] avoided
【关联词/派生词】
avoidance n. 避免；避开；废止
avoidable adj.可避免的；可回避的；可作为无效的
【单词例句】
◇ It is true she had on a pair of slippers when she left home, but they were not of much use. They were very large, so large, indeed, that they had belonged to her mother, and the poor little creature had lost them in running across the street to avoid two carriages that were rolling along at a terrible rate.
当她离家出门的时候，脚上的确穿着一双拖鞋的，但是那是一双相当大的拖鞋 —— 的确太大了，那是她妈妈以前穿的。这可怜的小家伙在匆忙横穿马路的时候，两辆马车飞快地闯过来，吓得她把拖鞋跑丢了。
◇ To avoid the Customs’ punishment, they hid in a small ferry called the North Pole Seagull, sitting back to back without sleeping, showering and shaving for 3 days, and had no chance to mourn their lost luggage when landing. The hardship of this crossing was apparent.
为了避开海关的惩处，他们躲在一艘叫“北极海鸥”的渡轮里，背靠背坐着，整整3天没有睡觉、洗澡和刮胡子，上岸的时候也没有机会心痛他们丢失的行李，这次横渡的艰辛是显而易见的。
---- Immigrate to America
◇ The shoes were placed in a closet at home, but Karen could not avoid looking at them.
这双鞋子被放在家里的一个橱柜里，但是珈伦忍不住要去看看。
---- The Red Shoes
◇ That doesn't, however, mean you are destined to a life of pesticide-ridden apples and oranges. They advise to avoid eating the peel.
然而，这并不意味着你注定一辈子都要吃含有农药的苹果和橙子。专家的建议是不要吃果皮。
---- How to washing your fruits and veggies
◇ The American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNSF) says that, in general, "you should avoid putting things in your ears," including cotton swabs. Using a swab to clean the ear can actually be counterproductive and push earwax back into the ear. What's more, cotton swabs or other tools may cause irritation or even injury to the ear, such as a punctured eardrum or ear infection, according to AAO-HNSF.
美国耳鼻咽喉头颈外科学会说，一般而言，“应该避免把一些东西弄到耳朵里”，包括棉签。用棉签清洁耳朵实际上可能事与愿违，并把耳垢推回到耳朵里。此外，棉签和其他工具可能对耳朵造成刺激、甚至损伤，例如耳膜穿孔或耳部感染。
---- Never Cleaning Ears With Cotton Swabs
◇ Weighing 30 kilograms and with a theoretical top speed of 12kph on their six wheels, the robots have four cameras constantly scanning the world around them and a laser tele-detection system allowing them to avoid obstacles.
这款机器人重达30公斤，有6个轮子，理论上的最高时速为12公里，有4个摄像头，不停地扫描四周，并安装了激光远距离探测系统，以避开障碍物。
---- 'Little yellow horse' robot delivers useful service in China
◇ Sydney-based sleep coach Elina Winnel from My Sleep Coach said that people need to avoid falling asleep in the curled-up foetal position because of how detrimental it can be.
就职于悉尼“我的睡眠教练”机构的睡眠教练伊琳娜-温内尔说，人们应避免如婴儿般蜷缩入睡，这对健康有害。
---- The Best Positions in Bed Revealed
◇ Avoid wire hangers at all costs as they can cause indents in clothing and do not leave enough space between garments for them to breathe.
无论如何都不要使用金属衣架，因为它会在衣物上留下凹痕，还会让衣物挤在一起密不透气。
---- How to hang, wash, and care for clothes
◇ If you want to avoid pimples, here are some ways you can have healthier and clearer skin:
如果你想避免长痘，你可以尝试以下这些方法，帮你拥有健康光洁的皮肤。
---- Should we be popping pimples?
◇ The forum said the only way to avoid a disaster is to massively improve the economics and uptake of recycling. That means giving people incentives to collect plastic garbage and recycle, use reusable packaging, and encourage countries to drastically improve their waste collection infrastructure, to avoid plastic garbage leaking into the nature.
该论坛发表声明说，避免这一灾难的唯一途径就是大力改善经济结构，提高循环使用率。这意味着激励人们去回收并循环使用塑料垃圾，使用可重复使用的包装袋，鼓励各国大力改善废物回收设施，以防止塑料垃圾排放到自然环境中。