dodge
v
1 [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn]
move quickly and suddenly to one side in order to avoid (sb/sth) 闪开; 躲开; 躲避
He dodged to left and right as the gunman opened fire. 持枪歹徒开火时他东躲西闪.
She dodged round the corner. 她在角落处躲躲闪闪.
(fig 比喻) I'll leave early so as to dodge the rush-hour. 我要早早动身以 避过交通拥挤时间.
2 [Tn, Tg] (infml 口) avoid doing (sth) by cleverness or trickery 施计避免做(某事物)
dodge military service 逃避兵役
dodge awkward questions 回避令人尴尬的问题
He always manages to dodge doing the housework. 他总是千方百计避免做家务.
dodge n
1 (usu sing 通常作单数) quick movement to avoid sb/sth 躲闪; 闪避; 躲避
make a sudden dodge to the right 突然向右一闪.
2 (infml 口) clever trick; way of avoiding sth 妙计; 避免某事物的方法: a tax dodge 偷税的伎俩
She's up to all the dodges, ie knows and uses them all. 她总是有躲避的方法.
🔁 扩展释义
*[dɒdʒ]vt. 避开, 躲避vi. 避开, 躲避n. 诡计, 躲藏【法】 推托, 搪塞, 躲避相关词组: on the dodge
📖 同为「公共英语」词汇
straightenvt.& vi. 变直,把…弄直;整理,整顿;使…改正;使…好转;
vi. 变好起来;
They had to work inside the ship, cutting away old metal, fixing new metal plates, drilling holes, laying electrical and phone wires and fixing new pipes for water and steam.
他们要在船舱里工作,切掉旧的金属,焊接新的金属板,钻孔,埋电线和电话线以及安装新的水管和蒸汽管。
Gandhi won his first non-violent struggle against racial discrimination.