v.避开,避免,预防( avoid的过去式和过去分词 );[法律]宣布(判决、抗辩等)无效;使无效;废止,撤销;
例句:
He braked hard and narrowly avoided a parked van.
他使劲踩剎车,险些撞上一辆停着的面包车.
A meltdown at the reactor had only just been avoided.
险些发生核反应堆熔毀事故.
She had visited the old scholar who avoided publicity.
她拜访过那位不想引人注意的老学者.