e·lude
verb/ɪˈluːd/
/ɪˈluːd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they elude | /ɪˈluːd/ /ɪˈluːd/ |
| he / she / it eludes | /ɪˈluːdz/ /ɪˈluːdz/ |
| past simple eluded | /ɪˈluːdɪd/ /ɪˈluːdɪd/ |
| past participle eluded | /ɪˈluːdɪd/ /ɪˈluːdɪd/ |
| -ing form eluding | /ɪˈluːdɪŋ/ /ɪˈluːdɪŋ/ |
- elude somebody/something to manage to avoid or escape from somebody/something, especially in a clever way
（尤指机敏地）避开，逃避，躲避 - The two men managed to elude the police for six weeks.
这两个男人想方设法逃避警方追捕达六个星期。 - How did the killer elude detection for so long?
杀手怎么能躲过侦缉这么久？
- The two men managed to elude the police for six weeks.
- elude somebody if something eludes you, you are not able to achieve it, or not able to remember or understand it
使达不到；使不记得；使不理解 - He was extremely tired but sleep eluded him.
他累极了，却睡不着。 - They're a popular band but chart success has eluded them so far.
他们是一支很受欢迎的乐队，但到目前为止还未能在流行唱片排行榜上取得佳绩。 - Finally he remembered the tiny detail that had eluded him the night before.
他终于想起了前一天晚上想不起来的细节。
Extra ExamplesTopics Difficulty and failurec2- the success that has so far eluded her
迄今为止她未能取得的成功 - the higher levels of responsibility that have continued to elude women
妇女仍然无法承担更高级别的责任 - Winning this championship was a prize that had always eluded him.
赢得这个冠军是他一直未能得到的奖赏。 - The point of the exercise seemed to elude the class.
全班同学似乎都没有明白这个练习的意义。
- He was extremely tired but sleep eluded him.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘delude, baffle’): from Latin eludere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out, away from’ + ludere ‘to play’.