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
  Synonym:hedgefudgeevadeput offcircumventparryeludeskirtdodgeduck

双语例句

• 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。
• However, the exchange is trying to sidestep controversy by describing the new market as for "institutional, professional and highly knowledgeable" investors, so it does not need the same level of regulation as the main list.
  然而，伦敦证交所正试图回避争议，它形容这个新型市场是为“机构型、专业类和投资知识非常丰富的”投资者而设，因此不需要与主板上市进行同样的监管。
• 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。
• He made a grab for her but she sidestepped him.
  他想要抓住她，但她侧步闪开了。
• 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。
• I know that is a tiny window of time, but we have to sidestep Mercury retrograde.
  我知道这只是一段短短的时间，我们要避开水星逆行。
• Securitisation was an effort to sidestep capital requirements.
  证券化是为了绕过资本方面的要求。
• In this case, there's no point in making the rest of your systems deliver any more, unless you can widen or sidestep the bottleneck.
  在这种情况下，提交系统其余的部分没有任何意义，除非你可以扩大或者回避这个瓶颈。
• He's not gonna be able to sidestep you.
  可他没法避开你。
• One might sidestep the question and simply accept the gas-dust complexes as something actually observed.
  我们也可以避开这个问题，而简单地承认气尖复合体是实际观测到的某种东西而已。