(verb.) use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid; 'The con man always evades'.
(verb.) practice evasion; 'This man always hesitates and evades'.
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I have known Mr. Pickwick now, as well as I recollect at this moment, nearly--' 'Pray, Mr. Winkle, do not evade the question. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
The farmers of the public revenue never find the laws too severe, which punish any attempt to evade the payment of a tax. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
But historians must stand to the questions a politician can evade. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
If you try to evade me, I'll stop you, if it's by the hair, and raise the very stones against you! 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.
There was but one way to evade or to check him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
Don't evade it, John Harmon; don't evade it; think it out! 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
Don't evade the question. 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.
Unable to answer this question in a breath, I evaded it by change of subject. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
Children proverbially live in the present; that is not only a fact not to be evaded, but it is an excellence. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
She was in fact in urgent and immediate need of money: money to meet the vulgar weekly claims which could neither be deferred nor evaded. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
I have tried once or twice, but she either evaded my questions or looked so distressed that I stopped. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
This she evaded doing. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
Amidst the wilds of Tartary and Russia, although he still evaded me, I have ever followed in his track. 玛丽·雪莱.弗兰肯斯坦.
Then Lord Decimus evaded and wandered away, while he was getting his man up to the mark. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.
I gained nothing by evading the troublesome questions which arose concerning women and children. 柏拉图.理想国.
Dorothea is learning to read the characters simply, said Mr. Casaubon, evading the question. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
It was possessed by, and was the property of--him as I have made mention on,' said Riderhood, stupidly evading the actual mention of the name. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
As to dead men, Tony, proceeds Mr. Guppy, evading this proposal, there have been dead men in most rooms. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
Again and again I have entreated Mrs. Pryor to say what she thinks of him, but she still evades returning a direct answer. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.