circumvent
verb (formal)Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they circumvent | |
he / she / it circumvents | |
past simple circumvented | |
past participle circumvented | |
-ing form circumventing |
- circumvent something
to find a way of avoiding a difficulty or a rule Topics Successc2, Permission and obligationc2设法回避;规避 - circumvent something
to go or travel around something that is blocking your way 绕过;绕行;绕道旅行
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin circumvent- ‘skirted around’, from the verb circumvenire, from circum ‘around’ + venire ‘come’.