avoid是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为vt. 避免, 逃避，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Noturning or twisting would avoid this dead end to which she had come.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《远大前程》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong.
-- But how could I, a poor dazed village lad, avoid that wonderful inconsistency into which the best and wisest of men fall every day?
-- I mentioned my reason for desiring to avoid observation in the village, and he lauded it to the skies.
-- It was impossible for me to avoid seeing that she cared to attract me; that she made herself winning, and would have won me even if the task had needed pains.
-- Difficult as it is in a large city to avoid the suspicion of being watched, when the mind is conscious of danger in that regard, I could not persuade myself that any of the people within sight cared about my movements.
在乔纳森•斯威夫特的《格列夫游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- And indeed to avoid so monstrous and detestable a sight was one prin-cipal motive of my retirement hither.
-- Soon after I 19heard a general shout, with frequent repetitions of the words Peplom selan; and I felt great numbers of people on my left side relaxing the cords to such a degree, that I was able to turn upon my right, and to ease myself with making water; which I very plentifully did, to the great astonish-ment of the people; who, conjecturing by my motion what I was going to do, immediately opened to the right and left on that side, to avoid the torrent, which fell with such noise and violence from me.
-- I made my ac-knowledgements by prostrating myself at his majesty's feet: but he commanded me to rise; and after many gracious expressions, which, to avoid the censure of vanity, I shall not repeat, he added, 'that he hoped I should prove a use-ful servant, and well deserve all the favours he had already conferred upon me, or might do for the future.'
-- I walked with the utmost circumspection, to avoid treading on any stragglers who might remain in the streets, although the orders were very strict, that all people should keep in their houses, at their own peril.
-- They are never suffered to converse with- servants, but go together in smaller or greater numbers to take their diversions, and always in the presence of a professor, or one of his deputies; whereby they avoid those early bad impressions of folly and vice, to which our children are sub-ject.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《艰难时世》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I prayed him to avoid trouble for his own good, little thinking he'd come to it through me.
-- It was impossible, even before dinner, to avoid often walking about in the pattern of the carpet, looking out of the window, listening at the door for footsteps, and occasionally becoming rather hot when any steps approached that room.
-- Sissy recommended that, to avoid making inquiries and attracting attention in the town, they should present themselves to pay at the door.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《地心游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The rocks broke and gave way under our feet, and we had to be scrupulously careful in order to avoid dangerous and constant falls.
-- It is necessary, however, to take great precaution, in order to avoid the weight of falling waters, which would cause the raft to founder in an instant.
-- I tried all I could not to believe in the menacing signs of the sky, and yet I could not avoid saying, as it were involuntarily: "I believe we are going to have bad weather."
-- The dazzling disk moved on one side, it approached Hans, who looked at it with singular fixity; then it approached my uncle, who cast himself on his knees to avoid it; it came towards me, as I stood pale and shuddering in the dazzling light and heat; it pirouetted round my feet, which I endeavored to withdraw.
-- As soon as we were all ready, we were to sail away to some distance to avoid the consequences of the explosion, the effects of which would certainly not be concentrated in the interior of the earth.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《查太莱夫人的情人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- said Hilda, turning to avoid Crosshill village.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- If it is any compensation for my long confinement within these narrow limits not that I complain of being afflicted; you know I never complain of that if it is any compensation to me for long confinement to this room, that while I am shut up from all pleasant change I am also shut up from the knowledge of some things that I may prefer to avoid knowing, why should you, of all men, grudge me that belief?'
-- The manner was easy, and the voice agreeable; but still Clennam thought, that if he had not made that decided resolution to avoid falling in love with Pet, he would have taken a dislike to this Henry Gowan.
-- In the resolution not even to avoid Mr Meagles's house, lest, in the selfish sparing of himself, he should bring any slight distress upon the daughter through making her the cause of an estrangement which he believed the father would regret, there might have been a little merit.
-- 'Might I be excused,' said Mr Dorrit, 'if I inquired ha what remune ''Why, indeed,' returned Mrs General, stopping the word, 'it is a subject on which I prefer to avoid entering.
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