avoid

avoid /ə'vɔid/
  • ngoại động từ
    • tránh, tránh xa
      • to avoid smoking: tránh hút thuốc lá
      • to avoid bad company: tránh xa bạn bè xấu
    • (pháp lý) huỷ bỏ, thủ tiêu (bản án); bác bỏ (lý lẽ, lời biện hộ)

 phá hủy
Lĩnh vực: xây dựng
 tránh (xa)

 hủy bỏ
 tránh
  • tendency to avoid making deposit: khuynh hướng tránh gửi tiền

  • avoid creditors (to ...)
     trốn nợ
    avoid tax (to ...)
     trốn thuế
    avoid theft (to ...)
     chống trộm
    avoid waste (to ...)
     chống lãng phí

    [ə'vɔid]

  • ngoại động từ

    o   tránh, tránh xa, ngăn ngừa

    o   huỷ bỏ, bác bỏ


    Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): avoidance, avoid, avoidable, unavoidable, unavoidably


    Xem thêm: debar, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, ward off, keep off, invalidate, annul, quash, void, nullify



  • avoid

    Từ điển Collocation

    avoid verb

    1 prevent sth

    ADV. altogether It is sometimes impossible to avoid conflict altogether. | narrowly They narrowly avoided defeat in the semi-final. | at all costs Getting involved in a court case is something to be avoided at all costs.

    VERB + AVOID be anxious to, want to, wish to They are anxious to avoid any further misunderstandings. | attempt to, try to | be careful to, take care to He was careful to avoid any sentimentality in his speech. | help (to) | be able to, manage to | be possible to | be difficult to, be impossible to

    PHRASES an attempt/effort to avoid sth He failed in his attempt to avoid having to pay.

    2 keep away from sb

    ADV. carefully, deliberately, studiously The two men carefully avoided one another.

    VERB + AVOID try to

    3 not hit sb/sth when driving

    ADV. narrowly He braked hard and narrowly avoided a parked van.

    VERB + AVOID brake to | swerve to She swerved to avoid a cyclist.


    Từ điển WordNet

      v.

    • stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something

      Her former friends now avoid her

    • prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; debar, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, ward off

      Let's avoid a confrontation

      head off a confrontation

      avert a strike

    • refrain from doing something

      She refrains from calling her therapist too often

      He should avoid publishing his wife's memories

    • refrain from certain foods or beverages; keep off

      I keep off drugs

      During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day

    • declare invalid; invalidate, annul, quash, void, nullify

      The contract was annulled

      void a plea


    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    avoids|avoided|avoiding
    syn.: evade keep away from shun snub

    ant.: face