circumventing
规避,回避,绕开,逃避
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- : to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
- : to avoid by artfulness or deception; avoid by anticipating or outwitting: He circumvented capture by anticipating their movements.
- : to surround or encompass, as by stratagem; entrap: to circumvent a body of enemy troops.
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Examples
The Hanzawa case illustrates how some owners are able to circumvent coastal protections at the county level.
Encinitas Mayor Catherine Blakespear described the amendment as a practical revision, not an attempt to circumvent the construction of more affordable homes.
Ballot initiatives, which are allowed in about half of the states, enable individuals and groups to circumvent legislatures and ask voters to decide on a law.
Encinitas Mayor Catherine Blakespear, who also serves on the City Council, said changing the density calculation from gross to net acreage is a practical revision, not a way to circumvent the construction of more affordable homes.
Selfish individuals began faking their dogs were service dogs on flights to circumvent pet fees and avoid checking larger pets as cargo.
These same companies have also been adept at circumventing user privacy and avoiding their tax obligations.
The salary cap circumventing story came after DeBartolo was out of the league.
He describes youthful aides calling top generals directly, thereby circumventing the chain of command.
And we're clever, which means we're good at circumventing rules, especially if the rules are easy to circumvent in the fist place.
There are simply too many unanswered questions to even suggest circumventing the jury process by dropping the charges.
There were ways, however, of evading inexorable law and circumventing base injustice.
The Blacks were for the Ordinances, while the Whites were for carrying them out and extending their principles.