the act of avoiding somebody or of avoiding something that you are supposed to do 躲避;规避;逃避;回避 His behaviour was an evasion of his responsibilities as a father. 他的行为是逃避为父之责。 She's been charged with tax evasion. 她被控逃税。
a statement that somebody makes that avoids dealing with something or talking about something honestly and directly 遁词;借口;托辞 see also evade
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘prevaricating excuse’): via Old French from Latin evasio(n-), from evadere from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + vadere ‘go’.