eludes

英 [iˈluːdz]

美 [iˈluːdz]

v.  (尤指机敏地)避开，逃避，躲避; 使达不到; 使不记得; 使不理解
elude的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 错过;未获得
  If something that you wanteludesyou, you fail to obtain it.
  1. Sleep eluded her...
     她失眠了。
  2. At 62, Brian found the celebrity and status that had eluded him for so long.
     布赖恩在62岁时获得了多年来未能得到的名望和地位。
• VERB 躲避;避开;逃避
  If youeludesomeone or something, you avoid them or escape from them.
  1. He eluded the police for 13 years.
     他躲过了警方抓捕达13年。
• VERB 不为…所明白;不为…所记得
  If a fact or ideaeludesyou, you do not succeed in understanding it, realizing it, or remembering it.
  1. The appropriate word eluded him.
     他找不到合适的字眼。

双语例句

• You may smile, my friends, but I pursue the vision that eludes me.
  你也许会讪笑，我的朋友，但是我追求那逃避我的幻象。
• I know who you mean but her name eludes me.
  我知道你说的是谁，但我想不起她的名字。
• When we search for happiness, it always eludes us.
  当你去寻找快乐的时候，快乐总是离你而去。
• The present always eludes us: the moment we try to grasp it, it has already become the past.
  当下会始终躲避着我们：在我们试图抓住它的那一刻，它就已经变成了过去。
• It was like a child's puzzle, which if not solved at once eludes one for hours.
  这象是测验孩子智力的玩具，如果一下子解不成，就会把人难住几个钟头。
• Well into the autumn of my life, the cherished goal of pure love of God still eludes me.
  已经步入生命秋天的我，满怀对主纯粹奉爱的目标仍躲避着我。
• The meaning eludes me.
  我摸不透这意思。
• This may seems obvious, but it eludes many parents, Dr. Watkins says.
  沃特金斯说，这看上去似乎是显然的，但很多父母并没意识到。
• Pass them by, stopping at some chance joy, which like a sudden wonder of sunset illumines, yet eludes.
  只为突发的欣喜像惊奇夕阳的灿丽，你且暂停一下脚步，然后飘然逸去。
• But the origin of this clock* Completely eludes me.
  但我完全想不起这座时钟的来源。