avoid
/əˈvɔɪd/
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- 2nd syllable stress
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- Aw vowel
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ə - ˈvɔɪd -> avoid
(v) ရှောင်သည်။ မဖြစ်အောင်တားဆီးသည်။ avoids, avoided, avoiding
avoid /ǝ'vↄÇd/ v
(က) ရှောင်သည်။ Try to avoid (driving in) the rush-hour. ❍ I think he's avoiding me. ❍ She avoided my eyes (ie avoided looking into my eyes).
(ခ) မဖြစ်အောင်တားဆီးသည်။ Try to avoid accidents. ❍ I just avoided running over the cat.
❏ avoidable adj ရှောင်နိုင်တိမ်းနိုင်သော။
This sort of accident is wholly avoidable.
❏ avoidance n [U] တစ်ခုခုကို ရှောင်ခြင်း။
tax avoidance (ie arranging one's affairs so as to pay the smallest amount of tax required by law).
❏ avoid sb/ sth like the plague [IDM ] (infml) မတွေ့ မိအောင်၊ မလုပ်မိအောင် ကြိုးစားရှောင်သည်။
He's been avoiding me like the plague since our quarrel.
- Try to avoid confrontation.
- [avoid doing something] : I want to avoid being drawn into the argument.
- We went early to avoid the crowds.
- Avoid that area after dark.
- We crossed the road to avoid him.
- [avoid doing something] : I want to avoid speaking to him until I’ve got more details.
- When taking this medication it is advisable to avoid alcohol.
- [avoid doing something] : Where possible, we have avoided using technical terms.
- He dislikes work and will avoid it whenever he can.
- [avoid doing something] : She’s just avoiding having to go back to work.
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