avoid·ance /əˈvɔɪdṇ(t)s/
避免,避開,逃避
avoid·ance /əˈvɔɪdṇ(t)s/ 名詞
迴避,避免
avoidance
避免
A·void·ance n.
1. The act of annulling; annulment.
2. The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; -- specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.
Wolsey, . . . on every avoidance of St. Peter's chair, was sitting down therein, when suddenly some one or other clapped in before him. --Fuller.
3. A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
4. The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of. “The avoidance of pain.”
5. The courts by which anything is carried off.
Avoidances and drainings of water. --Bacon.
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avoidance
n : deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from
happening [syn: turning away, shunning, dodging]