单词 | evasive |
释义 | evasiveWord family adjectiveevasibleevasiveadverbevasivelynounevasivenessevasion e·va·sive /ɪˈveɪsɪv/ adjectiveadj 1 AVOIDnot willing to answer questions directly 模棱两可的,推托的,回避的 evasive about Paul’s being a bit evasive about this job. 保罗对这份工作有点含糊其词。 an evasive reply 模棱两可的答复 2 take evasive action AVOIDto move or do something quickly to avoid someone being hurt 采取规避动作〔以避免受伤〕 Both pilots took evasive action and a collision was avoided. 两位飞行员都立即采取规避行动,避免了撞机事件的发生。 Examples from the Corpus take evasive action• He could neither move to attack nor take evasive action.• He says they picked it up on the radar and had to take evasive action.• If the Nations Air crew had been alerted, it might not have had to take evasive action.• The alarm call stimulates other nearby blackbirds to take evasive action.• When the current recession gripped, they decided to take evasive action.• The military experts taught her how to take evasive action and speed away from danger.• A party of puffins had to take evasive action as they nearly flew into the side of the ship.• Not bad for a graduate in literature and one who normally took evasive action at the sight of a screwdriver. —evasively adverbadv She answered evasively. 她回答得含糊其词。 —evasiveness noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus evasive• When we asked him where his wife was, O'Hare suddenly became evasive.• And these narrative solutions are invariably negative or evasive.• Courtroom observers described him as alternately charming and evasive.• It had been a strange conversation: Riverton was nervous, evasive.• She's quite vague, even evasive about it.• an evasive answer• All their questions were met with vague, evasive answers.• And the bird's standard evasive tactic is ill-suited to the airport.• Blood had been spilt this time despite all the evasive tactics and diplomacy. |
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