es·chew

verb

/ɪsˈtʃuː/

(formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they eschew	/ɪsˈtʃuː/ /ɪsˈtʃuː/
he / she / it eschews	/ɪsˈtʃuːz/ /ɪsˈtʃuːz/
past simple eschewed	/ɪsˈtʃuːd/ /ɪsˈtʃuːd/
past participle eschewed	/ɪsˈtʃuːd/ /ɪsˈtʃuːd/
-ing form eschewing	/ɪsˈtʃuːɪŋ/ /ɪsˈtʃuːɪŋ/

eschew something to deliberately avoid or keep away from something（有意地）避开，回避，避免
- He had eschewed politics in favour of a life practising law.他避开了政治，转而从事法律工作。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French eschiver, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to German scheuen ‘shun’, also to shy.