sidestep

英 [ˈsaɪdstep]

美 [ˈsaɪdstep]

v.  回避，规避(问题等); 横跨一步躲过; 侧移一步闪过
n.  台阶; [体]避开与强手对阵; 侧跨步; 横跳躲闪

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牛津词典

verb

• 回避，规避（问题等）
  to avoid answering a question or dealing with a problem
  1. Did you notice how she neatly sidestepped the question?
     你有没有注意到她多么巧妙地回避了那个问题？
• 横跨一步躲过；侧移一步闪过
  to avoid sth, for example being hit, by stepping to one side
  1. He cleverly sidestepped the tackle.
     他巧妙地一晃，绕过阻截队员。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 回避，规避(问题等)
  If yousidestepa problem, you avoid discussing it or dealing with it.
  1. Rarely, if ever, does he sidestep a question...
     他极少逃避问题。
  2. He was trying to sidestep responsibility.
     他正试图回避责任。
• VERB 横跨一步躲过;侧移一步闪开
  If yousidestep, you step sideways in order to avoid something or someone that is coming towards you or going to hit you.
  1. As I sidestepped, the bottle hit me on the left hip...
     我侧一步要躲闪的时候，瓶子打中了我的左髋部。
  2. He made a grab for her but she sidestepped him.
     他想要抓住她，但她侧步闪开了。

英英释义

noun

• a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)

verb

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
  1. He dodged the issue
  2. she skirted the problem
  3. They tend to evade their responsibilities
  4. he evaded the questions skillfully
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双语例句

• He was trying to sidestep responsibility.
  他正试图回避责任。
• I don't think there's any way in the world you can sidestep all hell.
  我想人生在世是不能躲过所有灾难的。
• Sidestep power struggles by minding your own business.
  通过关注自身来回避内心的挣扎。
• Some sales occur through platforms such as Nasdaq; many sidestep even these private markets.
  一些股权出售通过纳斯达克等平台进行；很多甚至连这些私人市场也避开。
• WHEN ministers face a vexed problem, a convenient way to sidestep it is to establish a royal commission.
  当部长面临一个棘手问题时，一个最便捷的回避方法就是建立一个皇家委员会。
• He has the ability to sidestep opponents and to make prodigious leaps, blocking shots and grabbing rebounds.
  他擅长躲避对手，在封阻对方的投篮或拼抢篮板球时做出惊人的跳跃动作。
• They will allow consumers to sidestep the professional guilds that have extracted high rents for their services.
  它们将会使消费者回避这些专业行业成为可能，因为这些行业从他们的服务中攫取了过高的费用；
• We lie to avoid confrontation; improve results; sidestep repercussions.
  为避免对质，改进结果，回避问题，我们说谎。
• There are a couple of ways that companies are trying to sidestep patent issues, says Jones.
  琼斯建议，如果公司希望避过专利问题，可以有两种方法。
• Now that you are a bit older and wiser, you can sidestep unhealthy relationship patterns and find a person who can truly make you happy.
  现在，你是更加成熟和明智的，你会回避那些不健康的关系，找到一个人谁可以真正使你幸福。