evasion
英 [?'ve??(?)n]
美[?'ve?n]
- n. 逃避；回避；借口
英英釋意
- 1. a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
- 2. the deliberate act of failing to pay money;
- "his evasion of all his creditors"
- "he was indicted for nonpayment"
- 3. nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do;
- "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"
- "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"
- 4. the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver