avoid 
避免 ☊ → 回避 ☊ → 躲开 ☊ → 
avoid 
หนี ☊ neeR 
éviter ☊ 
tránh tránh xa 
空的 
leer like: void → →
1960
He tried to avoid answering my question. ☊ 
Anh ấy cố tránh trả lời câu hỏi của tôi. ☊ avoid sth: The accident could have been avoided. ☊ avoid ☊
They narrowly avoided defeat. ☊ avoid ☊
The name was changed to avoid confusion with another firm. ☊ avoid ☊
avoid doing sth: They built a wall to avoid soil being washed away. ☊ avoid ☊
avoid sb/sth: He's been avoiding me all week. ☊ avoid ☊
She kept avoiding my eyes (= avoided looking at me). ☊ avoid ☊
I left early to avoid the rush hour. ☊ avoid ☊
avoid doing sth: I've been avoiding getting down to work all day. ☊ avoid ☊
You should avoid mentioning his divorce. ☊ avoid ☊
The car swerved to avoid a cat. ☊ avoid ☊
The doctor told me to avoid bending and stretching. ☊ bend ☊
Book early to avoid disappointment. ☊ book ☊
To avoid confusion, please write the children's names clearly on all their school clothes. ☊ confusion ☊
two people avoiding eye contact (= avoiding looking directly at each other) ☊ contact ☊
I want to get there early to avoid the crowds. ☊ crowd ☊
declare sth + adj.: The contract was declared void. ☊ declare ☊
Book early for the show to avoid disappointment. ☊ disappointment ☊
The workers wear masks to avoid inhaling the dust. ☊ dust ☊
We're on an economy drive at home (= trying to avoid waste and spend as little money as possible). ☊ economy ☊
He made a quick exit to avoid meeting her. ☊ exit ☊
to make/avoid eye contact with sb (= to look/avoid looking at them at the same time as they look at you) ☊ eye ☊
to fill a vacuum/void ☊ fill ☊
Avoid heavy foods that are difficult to digest. ☊ heavy ☊
It couldn't be helped (= there was no way of avoiding it and we must accept it). ☊ sb can (not) help (doing) sth, sb can not help but do sth ☊
You're just avoiding the issue. ☊ issue ☊
People with pale complexions should avoid wearing light colours. ☊ light ☊
Most managements are keen to avoid strikes. ☊ management ☊
As for avoiding you, nothing could be further from my mind (= I was not thinking of it at all). ☊ mind ☊
She had the oddest feeling that he was avoiding her. ☊ odd ☊
Try to avoid making personal remarks. ☊ personal ☊
He tends to avoid all physical contact. ☊ physical ☊
Try to avoid losing your temper if at all possible (= if you can). ☊ possible ☊
We don't want these rumours to spread if we can possibly avoid it. ☊ possibly ☊
Nor, to repeat, can these changes be avoided. ☊ repeat ☊
Book now and avoid the last-minute rush. ☊ rush ☊
an elaborate scheme to avoid taxes ☊ scheme ☊
Avoid using perfumed soaps on sensitive skin. ☊ soap ☊
They drove away slowly to avoid arousing suspicion. ☊ suspicion ☊
I twisted and turned to avoid being caught. ☊ twist ☊
éviter ☊ on ne peut évidemment pas l’éviter ☊
inévitable ☊ le terrorisme n’est jamais inévitable ☊
dispenser ☊ vous pouvez me dispenser de vos commen- taires ☊