eschew
verb /ɪsˈtʃuː/
/ɪsˈtʃuː/
(formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they eschew | /ɪsˈtʃuː/ /ɪsˈtʃuː/ |
| he / she / it eschews | /ɪsˈtʃuːz/ /ɪsˈtʃuːz/ |
| past simple eschewed | /ɪsˈtʃuːd/ /ɪsˈtʃuːd/ |
| past participle eschewed | /ɪsˈtʃuːd/ /ɪsˈtʃuːd/ |
| -ing form eschewing | /ɪsˈtʃuːɪŋ/ /ɪsˈtʃuːɪŋ/ |
- eschew something to deliberately avoid or keep away from something
（有意地）避开，回避，避免 - He had eschewed politics in favour of a life practising law.
他避开了政治，选择了从事法律工作的生活。
词源late Middle English: from Old French eschiver, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to German scheuen ‘shun’, also to shy. - He had eschewed politics in favour of a life practising law.