0 to stay away from someone or something -- 避開；逃避
I try to avoid supermarkets on Saturdays - they're always so busy. 我儘量避開週六去超級市場——那時總是人特別多。
I'm anxious to avoid the motorway at rush hour. 在交通高峰時段，我對高速公路唯恐避之不及。
Do you think Lukas is avoiding me? I haven't seen him all day. 你認為盧卡斯是不是在躲著我啊？我一整天都沒見到他。
[ + -ing verb ] I try to avoid going shopping on Saturdays. 我盡量不在週六去購物。
The report studiously avoided any mention of the controversial plan. 這份報告有意避而不談那個有爭議的計劃。
The plane narrowly avoided disaster when one of the engines cut out on take-off. 飛機起飛時有一個引擎熄火，差點釀成重大事故。
I left the pub to avoid a fight (= prevent a fight from happening). 我不想動手打架，就離開了酒吧。
Unnecessary paperwork should be avoided (= prevented) at all costs. 應該盡可能避免不必要的文書工作。
If we set off early tomorrow morning we'll avoid most of the traffic.
We need to examine how an accident like this can be avoided in the future.
Excessive lettering should be avoided on the figure and should be inserted in the legend.
The next section introduces another device called a lexical entry automaton, which is an elaborated form of trunks, for avoiding the computability problem.
At this stage, acknowledgements, self-references and other forms of self-identification should be avoided.
