| 词汇 | skirted |
| 释义 | skirted past simple and past participle ofskirt skirt verb[ T, I+ prep ] uk /skɜːt/ us /skɝːt/(alsoskirt around, UK alsoskirt round) to go around the edge of something: 位于…的边缘;环绕…的四周;沿…的边缘走 Take the road which skirts (round) the town, not the one which goes through it.沿镇边的那条路走，不要走穿过镇子的那条路。 to avoid discussing a subject or problem, usually because there are difficulties that you do not want to deal with: 避开，绕开（某话题或问题） The government has been accused of skirting round the issue of torture.政府受到指责，称其避而不谈虐待疑犯的问题。 Moving in order to avoid contact avoid avoid something like the plagueidiom avoidance bypass circumnavigate dodge duck and dodge (something)idiom duck and weaveidiom evasive action evasively evasiveness fall jump parry shrug shrug away skirt steer steer clear of someone/somethingidiom weave You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Edges & extremities of objects Digressing and being indirect or evasive Examples of skirtedskirted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In this case the ticks stopped be/ore reaching the barrier, but after some hesitation 45 crossed whilst 5 skirted the barrier. In every other case the ticks skirted along the edge of the illuminated area and would not enter it. However, they skirted around the law and operated in constraint of trade. Eventually 36 crossed the barrier, whilst 14 went back and skirted it. On reaching the barrier all hesitated, but finally 46 crossed whilst 4 skirted round the moist area. Judges skirted the question on the grounds that there is no knowable answer. Textual issues are also skirted. Such motifs skirted dangerously toward womanly qualities. A regulation which would apply to the skirted hovercraft may well be inapplicable to the sidewall hovercraft. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, he skirted quickly over the issue of ratification. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is obvious that so far—and this matter has been skirted round—emergency powers have been used. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let me put it this way: he skirted all round the fallacy without lifting up the skirts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He skirted over these basic problems which would affect our working class. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The question of the swamping by imports from the foreigner has so far only been skirted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Where they have skirted round the edges of the subject, they have displayed the extent of their ignorance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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