elude
verb- elude somebody/something
to manage to avoid or escape from somebody/something, especially in a clever way （尤指机敏地）避开，逃避，躲避 - elude somebody
if something eludes you, you are not able to achieve it, or not able to remember or understand it 使达不到；使不记得；使不理解 He was extremely tired but sleep eluded him. 他累极了，却睡不着。 They're a popular band but chart success has eluded them so far. 他们是一支很受欢迎的乐队，但到目前为止还未能在流行唱片排行榜上取得佳绩。 Finally he remembered the tiny detail that had eluded him the night before. 他终于想起了前一天晚上想不起来的细节。
Extra ExamplesTopics Difficulty and failurec2the success that has so far eluded her 她至今未能获得的成功 the higher levels of responsibility that have continued to elude women 妇女继续逃避更高层次的责任 Winning this championship was a prize that had always eluded him. 赢得这个冠军是他一直没有得到的奖励。 The point of the exercise seemed to elude the class. 这门课似乎没有抓住练习的重点。
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘delude, baffle’): from Latin eludere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out, away from’ + ludere ‘to play’.