circumvent(动词):用巧妙或迂回的方式规避、绕过(规则、法律、障碍),常含“设法避开限制”的意味。也可指“智取、挫败”他人的计划。
/ˌsɝː.kəmˈvent/
The driver circumvented the traffic jam by taking a side street.
司机通过走一条小路绕开了交通堵塞。
The company tried to circumvent the new regulations by moving its operations offshore, but investigators still found evidence of wrongdoing.
这家公司试图通过把业务转移到海外来规避新法规,但调查人员仍发现了违规证据。
来自拉丁语 circum(“环绕”)+ venire(“来、走”),原意与“绕着走”有关,后来引申为“绕过障碍或规则”“以迂回方式达成目的”。