elude

vt.

躲避(危險等); 逃避(追捕等); 逃脫

=evade or escape from

The fox elude the dog.

那只狐貍躲避那一群狗。

The suspect continues to elude the police.

嫌疑犯繼續躲避著警察。

He tried his best to conceal traces so as to elude pursuers.

他嘗試滅跡掩蓋痕跡以甩掉追蹤者。

He went over the facts in his mind again and again lest the vital clues should elude him.
他反復思考那些事實，惟恐漏掉了主要的線索。

The revolutionist eluded capture for weeks by hiding underground.

那位革命者為避免被捕在地下躲藏了幾個星期。

困惑, 使迷離

=escape the understanding or grasp of

=be incomprehensible to

She tried to remember his face, but it eluded her.

她想記起他的臉，可怎么也想不起來。

This difficult idea seems to elude me.

這個難題看起來難住我。

The meaning eludes me.

我摸不透這意思。

【詞形變化】

動詞過去式:eluded

過去分詞:eluded

現在分詞:eluding

第三人稱單數:eludes

【名言名句】

It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us（but we can still love them）.

——Norman Maclean

總是那些我們相處、相愛、本該相知的人在蒙蔽我們。（即便這樣，我們仍然愛著他們。）

——諾曼· 麥考連【（芝加哥大學英國文學教授】