elude /ɪˈluːd/ star1 TEM8 (eluding,eluded,eludes)

• 1.  

  V-T（及物动词） If something that you want eludes you, you fail to obtain it. 不为…所获得 [no passive]

  例：

  Sleep eluded her.

  她失眠了。

• 2.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you elude someone or something, you avoid them or escape from them. 躲避

  例：

  He eluded the police for 13 years.

  他躲了警察13年。

• 3.  

  V-T（及物动词） If a fact or idea eludes you, you do not succeed in understanding it, realizing it, or remembering it. 把…难住 [no passive]

  例：

  The appropriate word eluded him.

  他想不起来那个合适的词。