the action of evading something
躲避,回避,逃避
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their adroit evasion of almost all questions .他们对几乎所有问题的巧妙回避。
[count noun]an indirect answer; a prevaricating excuse
遁词;托词
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the protestations and evasions of a witness .证人的严正声明和遁词。
"late Middle English (in the sense ‘prevaricating excuse’): via Old French from Latin