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
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双语例句

• Securitisation was an effort to sidestep capital requirements.
  证券化是为了绕过资本方面的要求。
• I don't think there's any way in the world you can sidestep all hell.
  我想人生在世是不能躲过所有灾难的。
• WHEN ministers face a vexed problem, a convenient way to sidestep it is to establish a royal commission.
  当部长面临一个棘手问题时，一个最便捷的回避方法就是建立一个皇家委员会。
• To sidestep such blockers, you can use DHTML.
  若要避开此类拦截器，您可以使用DHTML。
• He has the ability to sidestep opponents and to make prodigious leaps, blocking shots and grabbing rebounds.
  他擅长躲避对手，在封阻对方的投篮或拼抢篮板球时做出惊人的跳跃动作。
• Sidestep the unnecessary blows and mitigate those you can't avoid.
  回避不必要打击，减轻无法回避的打击。
• He was trying to sidestep responsibility.
  他正试图回避责任。
• Even though there are dangers, I do think you can sidestep them if you are careful.
  即使有危险，我认为如果你很小心，你就可以避开他们。
• 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。
• It was supposed to provide a way to sidestep third parties banks and other foreign exchange providers and create an alternative system that could essentially be run by users themselves.
  比特币的发明，原本是为了提供一条途径以避开第三方机构银行及其他外汇供应商并创造一个本质上可以让用户自己运营的替代性金融系统。