sidestep
英 [ˈsʌɪdstɛp]
美 [ˈsaɪdˌstɛp]
v.
侧步避开;横跨步避开;回避;规避;侧步爬登
n.
侧跨步
复数: sidesteps
第三人称单数: sidesteps
现在分词: sidestepping
过去式: sidestepped
过去分词: sidestepped
英文释义:
n.
a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)
向一边迈出的一步(如在拳击或舞蹈中)
v.
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
逃避或试图逃避履行、回答或履行(职责、问题或争论)
举个例子:
1.Emotionally acute people sidestep gossip as determinedly as they skirt drama.
情感敏捷的人回避八卦就像回避戏剧事件一样果断。
2.Rarely, if ever, does he sidestep a question.
他很少回避问题。
3.Try your best to sidestep for sensitive issues like this.
在这类敏感问题上,尽你自己最大所能去回避。
4.The bank has admitted sidestepping those regulations by removing vital information that would have flagged up the pavements for investigation.
该银行承认避开了这些规定,删除了将会招致调查的重要信息。
常用短语:
sidestep question
回避问题;逃避问题
sidestep issue
回避问题
词汇拓展:
近义词
n. step
v. avoid
联想词
circumvent设法克服或避免;
evade逃避;
avoid避免;
dodge躲闪;
avoids避开;
avoiding回避;
ignore驳回诉讼,忽视,不理睬;
negate否定;
deflect使偏斜;
grapple抓住;