- 1
To find a clever or indirect way around a rule, problem, or obstacle, instead of dealing with it directly, often with the sense of avoiding something you're supposed to follow, like a law or a restriction. It's a formal word you'll see in news, business, or legal writing - 'the company found a way to circumvent the new tax law.'
規避；繞過(規定、障礙)
組成circum + vent. 'Circum-' means 'around,' as in 'circle' and 'circumference,' and 'vent' comes from Latin 'venire,' meaning 'to come' - so literally 'to come around' something.
同家族的字
- circleshares the 'circ-' root, meaning 'around'
- circumferenceshares the 'circum-' prefix, meaning 'around'
- preventshares the '-vent' root from Latin 'venire', meaning 'to come'
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
circumventverb/səːkəmˈvɛnt/
- 1
to avoid or get around something; to bypass
- The line turns a sharp right-angle to the north to circumvent the town, and then plunges straight into the 1 in 50, which lasts for nearly 20 miles with few intermissions, and some pitches of 1 in 40.
- 2
to surround or besiege
- 3
to outwit or outsmart
- We are mortified by not being thought worthy of trust; and there is also a feeling of small triumph in circumventing those who doubt either our inclination or our power of service.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。