circumvent
vt. 圍繞,包圍; 用計防止; 避免; (用欺騙手段)陷害
If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.
Military planners tried to circumvent the treaty.
軍事策略家們企圖繞開這一條約。
If you circumvent someone, you cleverly prevent them from achieving something, especially when they are trying to harm you.
Roosevelt occasionally attempted to circumvent him.
羅斯福偶爾會試圖避開他。
1. surround so as to force to give up;
2. beat through cleverness and wit;
3. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);
This is a deliberate attempt to circumvent my authority.
這是故意想超越我的許可權的行為.
Ships were registered abroad to circumvent employment and safety regulation.
船隻在外國註冊以逃避有關僱傭和安全的規定.
Research efforts continue at many university and industrial laboratories to circumvent these technical problems.
許多大學實驗室和工業實驗室繼續努力研究克服這些技術難題.
Private direct investment may follow, especially as a way to circumvent trade protectionist measures.
私人直接投資可能會緊隨其後, 特別是作為一種避開貿易保護主義措施的手段.
The crook tried to circumvent the little girl.
那惡棍想要欺騙這個小女孩.