Elude

(verb.) escape, either physically or mentally; 'The thief eluded the police'; 'This difficult idea seems to evade her'; 'The event evades explanation'.

(verb.) be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; 'What you are seeing in him eludes me'.

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• But I was afraid that the enemy would find means of moving, elude Thomas and manage to get north of the Cumberland River. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I had dared and baffled his fury; I must elude his sorrow: I retired to the door. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The old man saw him coming, and vainly strove to elude his grasp. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The difficulties, that occur to us, in supposing a moral obligation to attend promises, we either surmount or elude. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• The other object, to elude pursuit and to be lost. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• In vain would we endeavour to elude this hypothesis. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• He knew that if she did not wish to be seen she would contrive to elude him; and it amused him to think of putting her skill to the test. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• But if she DID, the letter was written and sent away with a privacy which eluded all her watchfulness to ascertain the fact. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• He easily eluded me, and said, Be calm! 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• He waited, but she had eluded him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• I darted towards the spot from which the sound proceeded; but the devil eluded my grasp. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• The man dressed like a mechanic has eluded all inquiries. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• It is not surprising, therefore, that these subtle rays should have so long eluded the observation of the scientist. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• These questions are decisive, and must not be eluded. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Every particle eludes the grasp by a new fraction; like quicksilver, when we endeavour to seize it. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• In this way he came very near succeeding in getting to his provision trains and eluding us with at least part of his army. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• If it were not for Fanny, who knows we are here, I should find pleasure in dodging and eluding him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He saw no way of eluding Featherstone's stupid demand without incurring consequences which he liked less even than the task of fulfilling it. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I can imagine only one way of eluding this argument, which is by denying that uniformity of human actions, on which it is founded. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.

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