Definition of evasive in English:

evasive

adjective ɪˈveɪsɪvəˈveɪsɪv

1Tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, especially by responding only indirectly.
不直截了当的；含糊的；推托的
she was evasive about her phone number
她不肯直接说出自己的电话号码。
Example sentencesExamples
- He was boring, which is fine, but more seriously, he didn't know what he was talking about and he gave evasive answers.
- After a few months of evasive answers, they had all but given up.
- The most simple of questions elicited a long, complex and essentially evasive response in many, many instances.
- The same evasive response comes from the authorities nearer the ground.
- Regulations that limit choice or impose costs on people invite evasive responses as much as compliant ones, sometimes more so.
- When he brief the Subcommittee, his answers were both evasive and derisive.
- Failure to answer, or providing evasive answers will count against the employer in a tribunal.
- Too many of Bermuda's journalists are poodles, too polite and deferential to get a straight answer from an evasive MP.
- He is evasive and answers the most simple questions with long winded often irrelevant explanations.
- At Westminster, a series of written questions has produced singularly evasive answers.
- The responses were less than evasive and way more engaging, to say the least.
- Why will nobody answer her phone calls, and what has the evasive photographer Bruno got to hide?
- Yes, I'm wondering how he plans to win the public's trust when he is so evasive in answering questions.
- Stephane appears genuinely interested in her music, although he is evasive and vague.
- If this seems frustratingly elusive or evasive, remember the truth is always relative
- Not in the mood to be evasive or cryptic, she turned back to him, eyes glowing in the sun.
- If the employer omits to reply, or is evasive or equivocal, the tribunal is entitled to make any inference it considers just and equitable.
- If this week's world appears frustratingly elusive or evasive, you're not wrong.
- Suzie takes the opportunity to ask him just what he is and in spite of his slippery, evasive answer, she does tell him to leave.
- My evasive answer didn't seem to satisfy him and he kept his grip on my arm.
Synonyms
prevaricating, elusive, ambiguous, equivocal, equivocating, indefinite, non-committal, vague, indeterminate, imprecise, inexact, indistinct, inexplicit
cryptic, enigmatic, obscure, unclear, puzzling, perplexing, gnomic, Delphic
roundabout, indirect, oblique, circumlocutory, circuitous, periphrastic
informal cagey
1. 1.1 Directed towards avoidance or escape.
  躲避的；逃避的；规避的
  they decided to take evasive action
  他们决定采取回避行动。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Awareness of double standards in the adult population causes teenagers to be evasive in their commitments.
  Being able to execute a number of evasive moves helps a lot in avoiding death.
  Blackburn magistrates heard the officer had tried to take evasive action, which resulted in the car swerving across the road.
  Some cars were forced to take evasive action and swerve.
  They tend to be immature, moody, self-centered and evasive of responsibility.
  These spikes of energy, called action potentials, prompt the locusts to take evasive action.
  That gave very little time for either driver to take evasive action.
  I managed to take evasive action, hit the accelerator hard and got well ahead of him, out of harm's reach.
  In the pursuit of this aim several attempts have to be made, which results in the surrounding traffic having to take evasive action.
  He was also oblivious to the fact other drivers took evasive action to avoid colliding with the rear of his slowly moving vehicle.
  On two occasions in the past fortnight I have had to take evasive action when children have either walked or run straight out in front of my car at the top of Kingshill.
  The aim is for them to see you and to take evasive action.
  The Peugeot flashed its headlights before taking evasive action to avoid a collision with the Renault.
  The driver of the First York route ten bus travelling towards York is believed to have taken evasive action to avoid a girl who stepped out in the road.
  He held the gun with his arms outstretched in front of his chest, causing drivers to take evasive action.
  Singletons living the good life may one day be forced to move back home with mum and dad unless they take evasive action now, a report warns.
  The first pitch comes in high forcing Roberts to take evasive action.
  A dozen people suffered minor injuries after a lorry jack-knifed on an icy M62 which caused cars to take evasive action.
  The defendant tried to take evasive action, but lost control.
  Pedestrians and cyclists were forced to take evasive action from the bees, with many taking cover in shops and doorways.
  Synonyms
  avoiding, dodging, escaping, eluding, sidestepping

Derivatives

evasively

adverbɪˈveɪsɪvliəˈveɪsɪvli

His eyes wander evasively, he plays with his cigar and glances round a supposed movie studio that is nothing more than a shoddy mock-up.
Example sentencesExamples
- He evasively referred her to the posts of her mother's house.
- Plus I woke up at 5am again, and since sleep skittered evasively through the window and out into the gloomy morning, I surrendered to the inevitable, and sprang out of bed.
- As I watched the Prime Minister evasively face a television audience days before the General Election, I became completely convinced that this was a man who had become a stranger from the truth.
- ‘I didn't go and provoke this,’ he answers, somewhat evasively.

evasiveness

nounɪˈveɪsɪvnəsəˈveɪsɪvnəs

He has taken a lot of heat for this seeming evasiveness.
Example sentencesExamples
- Iris' narrative is a long meditation on that fact but is complicated for the reader both by Iris' evasiveness about her own actions and motivations and by two other embedded stories within the general plot.
- The previous papers were characterized by vagueness and evasiveness.
- Such evasiveness not only works to the advantage of religious conservatives but hampers attempts to articulate a coherent religious left agenda.
- And yet these are also the people whose evasiveness and unscrupulousness makes them the least likely to be affected by a geographically bounded anti-spam law.

Origin

Early 18th century: from Latin evas- 'evaded' (from the verb evadere) + -ive.

Rhymes

abrasive, invasive, persuasive, pervasive

Definition of evasive in US English:

evasive

adjectiveəˈveɪsɪvəˈvāsiv

1Tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, especially by responding only indirectly.
不直截了当的；含糊的；推托的
she was evasive about her phone number
她不肯直接说出自己的电话号码。
Example sentencesExamples
- Why will nobody answer her phone calls, and what has the evasive photographer Bruno got to hide?
- My evasive answer didn't seem to satisfy him and he kept his grip on my arm.
- Suzie takes the opportunity to ask him just what he is and in spite of his slippery, evasive answer, she does tell him to leave.
- The responses were less than evasive and way more engaging, to say the least.
- If this seems frustratingly elusive or evasive, remember the truth is always relative
- He was boring, which is fine, but more seriously, he didn't know what he was talking about and he gave evasive answers.
- After a few months of evasive answers, they had all but given up.
- If the employer omits to reply, or is evasive or equivocal, the tribunal is entitled to make any inference it considers just and equitable.
- Too many of Bermuda's journalists are poodles, too polite and deferential to get a straight answer from an evasive MP.
- Failure to answer, or providing evasive answers will count against the employer in a tribunal.
- The most simple of questions elicited a long, complex and essentially evasive response in many, many instances.
- If this week's world appears frustratingly elusive or evasive, you're not wrong.
- At Westminster, a series of written questions has produced singularly evasive answers.
- Yes, I'm wondering how he plans to win the public's trust when he is so evasive in answering questions.
- He is evasive and answers the most simple questions with long winded often irrelevant explanations.
- The same evasive response comes from the authorities nearer the ground.
- When he brief the Subcommittee, his answers were both evasive and derisive.
- Stephane appears genuinely interested in her music, although he is evasive and vague.
- Not in the mood to be evasive or cryptic, she turned back to him, eyes glowing in the sun.
- Regulations that limit choice or impose costs on people invite evasive responses as much as compliant ones, sometimes more so.
Synonyms
prevaricating, elusive, ambiguous, equivocal, equivocating, indefinite, non-committal, vague, indeterminate, imprecise, inexact, indistinct, inexplicit
1. 1.1 Directed toward avoidance or escape.
  躲避的；逃避的；规避的
  they decided to take evasive action
  他们决定采取回避行动。
  Example sentencesExamples
  That gave very little time for either driver to take evasive action.
  Singletons living the good life may one day be forced to move back home with mum and dad unless they take evasive action now, a report warns.
  The defendant tried to take evasive action, but lost control.
  In the pursuit of this aim several attempts have to be made, which results in the surrounding traffic having to take evasive action.
  The Peugeot flashed its headlights before taking evasive action to avoid a collision with the Renault.
  I managed to take evasive action, hit the accelerator hard and got well ahead of him, out of harm's reach.
  On two occasions in the past fortnight I have had to take evasive action when children have either walked or run straight out in front of my car at the top of Kingshill.
  Some cars were forced to take evasive action and swerve.
  The aim is for them to see you and to take evasive action.
  He held the gun with his arms outstretched in front of his chest, causing drivers to take evasive action.
  A dozen people suffered minor injuries after a lorry jack-knifed on an icy M62 which caused cars to take evasive action.
  The driver of the First York route ten bus travelling towards York is believed to have taken evasive action to avoid a girl who stepped out in the road.
  They tend to be immature, moody, self-centered and evasive of responsibility.
  These spikes of energy, called action potentials, prompt the locusts to take evasive action.
  Being able to execute a number of evasive moves helps a lot in avoiding death.
  Awareness of double standards in the adult population causes teenagers to be evasive in their commitments.
  He was also oblivious to the fact other drivers took evasive action to avoid colliding with the rear of his slowly moving vehicle.
  Pedestrians and cyclists were forced to take evasive action from the bees, with many taking cover in shops and doorways.
  Blackburn magistrates heard the officer had tried to take evasive action, which resulted in the car swerving across the road.
  The first pitch comes in high forcing Roberts to take evasive action.
  Synonyms
  avoiding, dodging, escaping, eluding, sidestepping

Origin

Early 18th century: from Latin evas- ‘evaded’ (from the verb evadere) + -ive.

词汇	evasive
释义	Definition of evasive in English: evasive adjective ɪˈveɪsɪvəˈveɪsɪv 1Tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, especially by responding only indirectly. 不直截了当的；含糊的；推托的 she was evasive about her phone number 她不肯直接说出自己的电话号码。 Example sentencesExamples He was boring, which is fine, but more seriously, he didn't know what he was talking about and he gave evasive answers. After a few months of evasive answers, they had all but given up. The most simple of questions elicited a long, complex and essentially evasive response in many, many instances. The same evasive response comes from the authorities nearer the ground. Regulations that limit choice or impose costs on people invite evasive responses as much as compliant ones, sometimes more so. When he brief the Subcommittee, his answers were both evasive and derisive. Failure to answer, or providing evasive answers will count against the employer in a tribunal. Too many of Bermuda's journalists are poodles, too polite and deferential to get a straight answer from an evasive MP. He is evasive and answers the most simple questions with long winded often irrelevant explanations. At Westminster, a series of written questions has produced singularly evasive answers. The responses were less than evasive and way more engaging, to say the least. Why will nobody answer her phone calls, and what has the evasive photographer Bruno got to hide? Yes, I'm wondering how he plans to win the public's trust when he is so evasive in answering questions. Stephane appears genuinely interested in her music, although he is evasive and vague. If this seems frustratingly elusive or evasive, remember the truth is always relative Not in the mood to be evasive or cryptic, she turned back to him, eyes glowing in the sun. If the employer omits to reply, or is evasive or equivocal, the tribunal is entitled to make any inference it considers just and equitable. If this week's world appears frustratingly elusive or evasive, you're not wrong. Suzie takes the opportunity to ask him just what he is and in spite of his slippery, evasive answer, she does tell him to leave. My evasive answer didn't seem to satisfy him and he kept his grip on my arm. Synonyms prevaricating, elusive, ambiguous, equivocal, equivocating, indefinite, non-committal, vague, indeterminate, imprecise, inexact, indistinct, inexplicit cryptic, enigmatic, obscure, unclear, puzzling, perplexing, gnomic, Delphic roundabout, indirect, oblique, circumlocutory, circuitous, periphrastic informal cagey 1.1 Directed towards avoidance or escape. 躲避的；逃避的；规避的 they decided to take evasive action 他们决定采取回避行动。 Example sentencesExamples Awareness of double standards in the adult population causes teenagers to be evasive in their commitments. Being able to execute a number of evasive moves helps a lot in avoiding death. Blackburn magistrates heard the officer had tried to take evasive action, which resulted in the car swerving across the road. Some cars were forced to take evasive action and swerve. They tend to be immature, moody, self-centered and evasive of responsibility. These spikes of energy, called action potentials, prompt the locusts to take evasive action. That gave very little time for either driver to take evasive action. I managed to take evasive action, hit the accelerator hard and got well ahead of him, out of harm's reach. In the pursuit of this aim several attempts have to be made, which results in the surrounding traffic having to take evasive action. He was also oblivious to the fact other drivers took evasive action to avoid colliding with the rear of his slowly moving vehicle. On two occasions in the past fortnight I have had to take evasive action when children have either walked or run straight out in front of my car at the top of Kingshill. The aim is for them to see you and to take evasive action. The Peugeot flashed its headlights before taking evasive action to avoid a collision with the Renault. The driver of the First York route ten bus travelling towards York is believed to have taken evasive action to avoid a girl who stepped out in the road. He held the gun with his arms outstretched in front of his chest, causing drivers to take evasive action. Singletons living the good life may one day be forced to move back home with mum and dad unless they take evasive action now, a report warns. The first pitch comes in high forcing Roberts to take evasive action. A dozen people suffered minor injuries after a lorry jack-knifed on an icy M62 which caused cars to take evasive action. The defendant tried to take evasive action, but lost control. Pedestrians and cyclists were forced to take evasive action from the bees, with many taking cover in shops and doorways. Synonyms avoiding, dodging, escaping, eluding, sidestepping Derivatives evasively adverbɪˈveɪsɪvliəˈveɪsɪvli His eyes wander evasively, he plays with his cigar and glances round a supposed movie studio that is nothing more than a shoddy mock-up. Example sentencesExamples He evasively referred her to the posts of her mother's house. Plus I woke up at 5am again, and since sleep skittered evasively through the window and out into the gloomy morning, I surrendered to the inevitable, and sprang out of bed. As I watched the Prime Minister evasively face a television audience days before the General Election, I became completely convinced that this was a man who had become a stranger from the truth. ‘I didn't go and provoke this,’ he answers, somewhat evasively. evasiveness nounɪˈveɪsɪvnəsəˈveɪsɪvnəs He has taken a lot of heat for this seeming evasiveness. Example sentencesExamples Iris' narrative is a long meditation on that fact but is complicated for the reader both by Iris' evasiveness about her own actions and motivations and by two other embedded stories within the general plot. The previous papers were characterized by vagueness and evasiveness. Such evasiveness not only works to the advantage of religious conservatives but hampers attempts to articulate a coherent religious left agenda. And yet these are also the people whose evasiveness and unscrupulousness makes them the least likely to be affected by a geographically bounded anti-spam law. Origin Early 18th century: from Latin evas- 'evaded' (from the verb evadere) + -ive. Rhymes abrasive, invasive, persuasive, pervasive Definition of evasive in US English: evasive adjectiveəˈveɪsɪvəˈvāsiv 1Tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, especially by responding only indirectly. 不直截了当的；含糊的；推托的 she was evasive about her phone number 她不肯直接说出自己的电话号码。 Example sentencesExamples Why will nobody answer her phone calls, and what has the evasive photographer Bruno got to hide? My evasive answer didn't seem to satisfy him and he kept his grip on my arm. Suzie takes the opportunity to ask him just what he is and in spite of his slippery, evasive answer, she does tell him to leave. The responses were less than evasive and way more engaging, to say the least. If this seems frustratingly elusive or evasive, remember the truth is always relative He was boring, which is fine, but more seriously, he didn't know what he was talking about and he gave evasive answers. After a few months of evasive answers, they had all but given up. If the employer omits to reply, or is evasive or equivocal, the tribunal is entitled to make any inference it considers just and equitable. Too many of Bermuda's journalists are poodles, too polite and deferential to get a straight answer from an evasive MP. Failure to answer, or providing evasive answers will count against the employer in a tribunal. The most simple of questions elicited a long, complex and essentially evasive response in many, many instances. If this week's world appears frustratingly elusive or evasive, you're not wrong. At Westminster, a series of written questions has produced singularly evasive answers. Yes, I'm wondering how he plans to win the public's trust when he is so evasive in answering questions. He is evasive and answers the most simple questions with long winded often irrelevant explanations. The same evasive response comes from the authorities nearer the ground. When he brief the Subcommittee, his answers were both evasive and derisive. Stephane appears genuinely interested in her music, although he is evasive and vague. Not in the mood to be evasive or cryptic, she turned back to him, eyes glowing in the sun. Regulations that limit choice or impose costs on people invite evasive responses as much as compliant ones, sometimes more so. Synonyms prevaricating, elusive, ambiguous, equivocal, equivocating, indefinite, non-committal, vague, indeterminate, imprecise, inexact, indistinct, inexplicit 1.1 Directed toward avoidance or escape. 躲避的；逃避的；规避的 they decided to take evasive action 他们决定采取回避行动。 Example sentencesExamples That gave very little time for either driver to take evasive action. Singletons living the good life may one day be forced to move back home with mum and dad unless they take evasive action now, a report warns. The defendant tried to take evasive action, but lost control. In the pursuit of this aim several attempts have to be made, which results in the surrounding traffic having to take evasive action. The Peugeot flashed its headlights before taking evasive action to avoid a collision with the Renault. I managed to take evasive action, hit the accelerator hard and got well ahead of him, out of harm's reach. On two occasions in the past fortnight I have had to take evasive action when children have either walked or run straight out in front of my car at the top of Kingshill. Some cars were forced to take evasive action and swerve. The aim is for them to see you and to take evasive action. He held the gun with his arms outstretched in front of his chest, causing drivers to take evasive action. A dozen people suffered minor injuries after a lorry jack-knifed on an icy M62 which caused cars to take evasive action. The driver of the First York route ten bus travelling towards York is believed to have taken evasive action to avoid a girl who stepped out in the road. They tend to be immature, moody, self-centered and evasive of responsibility. These spikes of energy, called action potentials, prompt the locusts to take evasive action. Being able to execute a number of evasive moves helps a lot in avoiding death. Awareness of double standards in the adult population causes teenagers to be evasive in their commitments. He was also oblivious to the fact other drivers took evasive action to avoid colliding with the rear of his slowly moving vehicle. Pedestrians and cyclists were forced to take evasive action from the bees, with many taking cover in shops and doorways. Blackburn magistrates heard the officer had tried to take evasive action, which resulted in the car swerving across the road. The first pitch comes in high forcing Roberts to take evasive action. Synonyms avoiding, dodging, escaping, eluding, sidestepping Origin Early 18th century: from Latin evas- ‘evaded’ (from the verb evadere) + -ive.
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