avoid: [14] Avoid at first meant literally ‘make void, empty’. It was formed in Old French from the adjective vuide ‘empty’ (source of English void [13], and derived from a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *vocitus, which is related ultimately to vacant). With the addition of the prefix es- ‘out’, a verb evuider was formed, which passed into English via Anglo-Norman avoider. The original sense ‘empty’ barely survived into the 17th century, but meanwhile it had progressed through ‘withdrawing, so as to leave someone alone or leave a place empty’ to ‘deliberately staying away from someone or something’. => vacant, void
avoid (v.)
c. 1300, from Anglo-French avoider "to clear out, withdraw (oneself)," partially anglicized from Old French esvuidier "to empty out," from es- "out" (see ex-) + vuidier "to be empty," from voide "empty, vast, wide, hollow, waste" (see void (adj.)). Originally a law term; modern sense of "have nothing to do with" also was in Middle English and corresponds to Old French eviter with which it was perhaps confused. Meaning "escape, evade" first attested 1520s. Related: Avoided; avoiding.
雙語例句
1. The couple married in the Caribbean to avoid a media circus.
為了擺脫媒體的關注，這對新人在加勒比喜結連理。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He heard tires squeal as the car braked to avoid a collision.
為避免相撞而剎車時，他聽到了輪胎與地面刺耳的摩擦聲。
來自柯林斯例句
3. To avoid damaging the tree, hammer a wooden peg into the hole.
為了不毀壞樹，用錘子將一個木栓釘進洞里。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Use different colours of felt pen on your sketch to avoid confusion.
用不同顏色的氈頭筆畫草圖，以免搞混。
來自柯林斯例句
5. I avoid working in places which are too public.