Definition of circumvent in English:

circumvent

verb səːkəmˈvɛntˌsərkəmˈvɛnt

[with object]

1Find a way around (an obstacle)
围绕，包围（障碍物）
if you come to an obstruction in a road you can seek to circumvent it
Example sentencesExamples
- He has gained a few moves in his repertoire, allowing him to circumvent obstacles.
- However, those inventive motorcyclists have managed to circumvent the obstacle.
- Two alternative explanations for these different recapture rates are that many hatchlings may have headed away from the drift fence or may have circumvented the drift fence.
- We broke the law on a weekly basis, when we circumvented the army's roadblocks in the roads.
- On the other hand, aerosolized particles that circumvent the blood-brain barrier might someday serve as delivery vehicles for drugs.
- The team apparently circumvented locked gates and an alarm system, while the sculpture was in the process of being moved to another location.
- He wanted to show me the ‘scenic’ route, 30 kilometers over back roads to circumvent mounds and checkpoints.
- After three miles, we circumvented the gate that kept the cars out.
- Heavily pregnant women have been forced to walk for miles to circumvent road blocks so as to receive treatment and deliver their babies.
- They immediately blocked off the motorbike's attempt to circumvent the stop.
Synonyms
avoid, get round, find a way round, evade, get past, bypass, sidestep, dodge
1. 1.1 Overcome (a problem or difficulty) in a clever and surreptitious way.
  克服（问题，困难）（尤指暗中智取）
  it was always possible to circumvent the regulations
  Example sentencesExamples
  To circumvent a possible problem of low data number, we pooled the observed and expected values for the three transposon families.
  Clever strategists that we were, we decided to circumvent this problem or objection by presenting a symposium rather than submitting independent papers.
  But if history is any guide, the Treasury Department has an uphill fight ahead of it; counterfeiters have a knack for circumventing almost any obstacle put in their way.
  There is also evidence that their introduction has contributed to an increase in the size of the black economy as both employees and employers seek to circumvent the payment.
  ‘The Commission has found creative, community-based programs that begin to circumvent the barriers,’ the report stated.
  Even if this is successful, Britain's media will undoubtedly seek to circumvent the ruling by fair means or foul.
  And in the past, counterfeiters have always managed to circumvent these obstacles.
  At the same time, the number of people seeking private treatment is growing, as couples seek to circumvent long hospital waiting lists.
  Another benefit of a social ecological perspective is that it enables health practitioners to target and circumvent potential barriers to appropriate use of the healthcare system.
  Faced with these challenges from the state, non-state dissident actors must either adjust to the constraints put on Internet use or must seek ways to circumvent the barriers erected by states.
  Where the mobility of goods is limited, the rationale for establishing subsidiaries has been to circumvent the distance barriers and use the owner-specific advantages of the firm to engage in production in more locations.
  So a lot of people were extremely happy when it was proven that it was possible to circumvent that barrier.
  A common assumption made in the regulatory community to circumvent this problem is that one error offsets the other.
  Some bright spark probably thought that this would be a nice easy way to circumvent the usual obstacles in preventing freedom of speech.
  This is not a very realistic assumption but it makes it possible to circumvent the problem of determining the optimal amount of reserves.
  But logic tells me that any measures like these simply create obstacles that will be circumvented by those who choose to break the law but discourage foreign investors.
  I hope I can circumvent the barriers I may have previously erected around my heart.
  To them, the law is simply a pretext for achieving desired results or (if not suited for that work) an obstacle to be circumvented for the same purpose.
  However, the spokesman said retailers would seek to circumvent the rules.
  Inevitably one's thoughts turn to the matter of how, or even whether, the plans can be circumvented or stopped.
  Synonyms
  avoid, get round, find a way round, evade, get past, bypass, sidestep, dodge
2archaic Deceive; outwit.
〈古〉欺骗；智胜
he's circumvented her with some of his stories
他讲述了他的几次经历，让她上当受骗了。
Synonyms
avoid, get round, find a way round, evade, get past, bypass, sidestep, dodge

Derivatives

circumvention

noun ˌsəːkəmˈvɛnʃ(ə)nˌsərkəmˈvɛn(t)ʃ(ə)n

The portrait I have been describing is special not only for its circumvention of convention, but also because it belongs to a certain class of postcards known as ‘real photo’ postcards.
Example sentencesExamples
- We take any circumvention of immigration control very seriously.
- It leads to circumvention if not outright corruption.
- To be sure, credit bubbles are all about the circumvention, obstruction, impairment, and eventual breakdown of the market pricing mechanism.
- This allowed easy circumvention by merely changing cell phones.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin circumvent- 'skirted around', from the verb circumvenire, from circum 'around' + venire 'come'.

Rhymes

absent, accent, anent, ascent, assent, augment, bent, cement, cent, consent, content, dent, event, extent, ferment, foment, forewent, forwent, frequent, gent, Ghent, Gwent, lament, leant, lent, meant, misrepresent, misspent, outwent, pent, percent, pigment, rent, scent, segment, sent, spent, stent, Stoke-on-Trent, Tashkent, tent, torment, Trent, underspent, underwent, vent, went

Definition of circumvent in US English:

circumvent

verbˌsərkəmˈventˌsərkəmˈvɛnt

[with object]

1Find a way around (an obstacle).
围绕，包围（障碍物）
Example sentencesExamples
- He has gained a few moves in his repertoire, allowing him to circumvent obstacles.
- Heavily pregnant women have been forced to walk for miles to circumvent road blocks so as to receive treatment and deliver their babies.
- The team apparently circumvented locked gates and an alarm system, while the sculpture was in the process of being moved to another location.
- However, those inventive motorcyclists have managed to circumvent the obstacle.
- They immediately blocked off the motorbike's attempt to circumvent the stop.
- On the other hand, aerosolized particles that circumvent the blood-brain barrier might someday serve as delivery vehicles for drugs.
- He wanted to show me the ‘scenic’ route, 30 kilometers over back roads to circumvent mounds and checkpoints.
- We broke the law on a weekly basis, when we circumvented the army's roadblocks in the roads.
- Two alternative explanations for these different recapture rates are that many hatchlings may have headed away from the drift fence or may have circumvented the drift fence.
- After three miles, we circumvented the gate that kept the cars out.
Synonyms
avoid, get round, find a way round, evade, get past, bypass, sidestep, dodge
1. 1.1 Overcome (a problem or difficulty), typically in a clever and surreptitious way.
  克服（问题，困难）（尤指暗中智取）
  I found it quite easy to circumvent security
  Example sentencesExamples
  There is also evidence that their introduction has contributed to an increase in the size of the black economy as both employees and employers seek to circumvent the payment.
  I hope I can circumvent the barriers I may have previously erected around my heart.
  At the same time, the number of people seeking private treatment is growing, as couples seek to circumvent long hospital waiting lists.
  Even if this is successful, Britain's media will undoubtedly seek to circumvent the ruling by fair means or foul.
  And in the past, counterfeiters have always managed to circumvent these obstacles.
  To them, the law is simply a pretext for achieving desired results or (if not suited for that work) an obstacle to be circumvented for the same purpose.
  ‘The Commission has found creative, community-based programs that begin to circumvent the barriers,’ the report stated.
  But if history is any guide, the Treasury Department has an uphill fight ahead of it; counterfeiters have a knack for circumventing almost any obstacle put in their way.
  But logic tells me that any measures like these simply create obstacles that will be circumvented by those who choose to break the law but discourage foreign investors.
  Where the mobility of goods is limited, the rationale for establishing subsidiaries has been to circumvent the distance barriers and use the owner-specific advantages of the firm to engage in production in more locations.
  However, the spokesman said retailers would seek to circumvent the rules.
  So a lot of people were extremely happy when it was proven that it was possible to circumvent that barrier.
  A common assumption made in the regulatory community to circumvent this problem is that one error offsets the other.
  Clever strategists that we were, we decided to circumvent this problem or objection by presenting a symposium rather than submitting independent papers.
  Faced with these challenges from the state, non-state dissident actors must either adjust to the constraints put on Internet use or must seek ways to circumvent the barriers erected by states.
  Inevitably one's thoughts turn to the matter of how, or even whether, the plans can be circumvented or stopped.
  Another benefit of a social ecological perspective is that it enables health practitioners to target and circumvent potential barriers to appropriate use of the healthcare system.
  Some bright spark probably thought that this would be a nice easy way to circumvent the usual obstacles in preventing freedom of speech.
  To circumvent a possible problem of low data number, we pooled the observed and expected values for the three transposon families.
  This is not a very realistic assumption but it makes it possible to circumvent the problem of determining the optimal amount of reserves.
  Synonyms
  avoid, get round, find a way round, evade, get past, bypass, sidestep, dodge
2. 1.2archaic Deceive; outwit.
  〈古〉欺骗；智胜
  he's circumvented her with some of his stories
  他讲述了他的几次经历，让她上当受骗了。
  Synonyms
  avoid, get round, find a way round, evade, get past, bypass, sidestep, dodge

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin circumvent- ‘skirted around’, from the verb circumvenire, from circum ‘around’ + venire ‘come’.

词汇	circumvent
释义	Definition of circumvent in English: circumvent verb səːkəmˈvɛntˌsərkəmˈvɛnt [with object] 1Find a way around (an obstacle) 围绕，包围（障碍物） if you come to an obstruction in a road you can seek to circumvent it Example sentencesExamples He has gained a few moves in his repertoire, allowing him to circumvent obstacles. However, those inventive motorcyclists have managed to circumvent the obstacle. Two alternative explanations for these different recapture rates are that many hatchlings may have headed away from the drift fence or may have circumvented the drift fence. We broke the law on a weekly basis, when we circumvented the army's roadblocks in the roads. On the other hand, aerosolized particles that circumvent the blood-brain barrier might someday serve as delivery vehicles for drugs. The team apparently circumvented locked gates and an alarm system, while the sculpture was in the process of being moved to another location. He wanted to show me the ‘scenic’ route, 30 kilometers over back roads to circumvent mounds and checkpoints. After three miles, we circumvented the gate that kept the cars out. Heavily pregnant women have been forced to walk for miles to circumvent road blocks so as to receive treatment and deliver their babies. They immediately blocked off the motorbike's attempt to circumvent the stop. Synonyms avoid, get round, find a way round, evade, get past, bypass, sidestep, dodge 1.1 Overcome (a problem or difficulty) in a clever and surreptitious way. 克服（问题，困难）（尤指暗中智取） it was always possible to circumvent the regulations Example sentencesExamples To circumvent a possible problem of low data number, we pooled the observed and expected values for the three transposon families. Clever strategists that we were, we decided to circumvent this problem or objection by presenting a symposium rather than submitting independent papers. But if history is any guide, the Treasury Department has an uphill fight ahead of it; counterfeiters have a knack for circumventing almost any obstacle put in their way. There is also evidence that their introduction has contributed to an increase in the size of the black economy as both employees and employers seek to circumvent the payment. ‘The Commission has found creative, community-based programs that begin to circumvent the barriers,’ the report stated. Even if this is successful, Britain's media will undoubtedly seek to circumvent the ruling by fair means or foul. And in the past, counterfeiters have always managed to circumvent these obstacles. At the same time, the number of people seeking private treatment is growing, as couples seek to circumvent long hospital waiting lists. Another benefit of a social ecological perspective is that it enables health practitioners to target and circumvent potential barriers to appropriate use of the healthcare system. Faced with these challenges from the state, non-state dissident actors must either adjust to the constraints put on Internet use or must seek ways to circumvent the barriers erected by states. Where the mobility of goods is limited, the rationale for establishing subsidiaries has been to circumvent the distance barriers and use the owner-specific advantages of the firm to engage in production in more locations. So a lot of people were extremely happy when it was proven that it was possible to circumvent that barrier. A common assumption made in the regulatory community to circumvent this problem is that one error offsets the other. Some bright spark probably thought that this would be a nice easy way to circumvent the usual obstacles in preventing freedom of speech. This is not a very realistic assumption but it makes it possible to circumvent the problem of determining the optimal amount of reserves. But logic tells me that any measures like these simply create obstacles that will be circumvented by those who choose to break the law but discourage foreign investors. I hope I can circumvent the barriers I may have previously erected around my heart. To them, the law is simply a pretext for achieving desired results or (if not suited for that work) an obstacle to be circumvented for the same purpose. However, the spokesman said retailers would seek to circumvent the rules. Inevitably one's thoughts turn to the matter of how, or even whether, the plans can be circumvented or stopped. Synonyms avoid, get round, find a way round, evade, get past, bypass, sidestep, dodge 2archaic Deceive; outwit. 〈古〉欺骗；智胜 he's circumvented her with some of his stories 他讲述了他的几次经历，让她上当受骗了。 Synonyms avoid, get round, find a way round, evade, get past, bypass, sidestep, dodge Derivatives circumvention noun ˌsəːkəmˈvɛnʃ(ə)nˌsərkəmˈvɛn(t)ʃ(ə)n The portrait I have been describing is special not only for its circumvention of convention, but also because it belongs to a certain class of postcards known as ‘real photo’ postcards. Example sentencesExamples We take any circumvention of immigration control very seriously. It leads to circumvention if not outright corruption. To be sure, credit bubbles are all about the circumvention, obstruction, impairment, and eventual breakdown of the market pricing mechanism. This allowed easy circumvention by merely changing cell phones. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin circumvent- 'skirted around', from the verb circumvenire, from circum 'around' + venire 'come'. Rhymes absent, accent, anent, ascent, assent, augment, bent, cement, cent, consent, content, dent, event, extent, ferment, foment, forewent, forwent, frequent, gent, Ghent, Gwent, lament, leant, lent, meant, misrepresent, misspent, outwent, pent, percent, pigment, rent, scent, segment, sent, spent, stent, Stoke-on-Trent, Tashkent, tent, torment, Trent, underspent, underwent, vent, went Definition of circumvent in US English: circumvent verbˌsərkəmˈventˌsərkəmˈvɛnt [with object] 1Find a way around (an obstacle). 围绕，包围（障碍物） Example sentencesExamples He has gained a few moves in his repertoire, allowing him to circumvent obstacles. Heavily pregnant women have been forced to walk for miles to circumvent road blocks so as to receive treatment and deliver their babies. The team apparently circumvented locked gates and an alarm system, while the sculpture was in the process of being moved to another location. However, those inventive motorcyclists have managed to circumvent the obstacle. They immediately blocked off the motorbike's attempt to circumvent the stop. On the other hand, aerosolized particles that circumvent the blood-brain barrier might someday serve as delivery vehicles for drugs. He wanted to show me the ‘scenic’ route, 30 kilometers over back roads to circumvent mounds and checkpoints. We broke the law on a weekly basis, when we circumvented the army's roadblocks in the roads. Two alternative explanations for these different recapture rates are that many hatchlings may have headed away from the drift fence or may have circumvented the drift fence. After three miles, we circumvented the gate that kept the cars out. Synonyms avoid, get round, find a way round, evade, get past, bypass, sidestep, dodge 1.1 Overcome (a problem or difficulty), typically in a clever and surreptitious way. 克服（问题，困难）（尤指暗中智取） I found it quite easy to circumvent security Example sentencesExamples There is also evidence that their introduction has contributed to an increase in the size of the black economy as both employees and employers seek to circumvent the payment. I hope I can circumvent the barriers I may have previously erected around my heart. At the same time, the number of people seeking private treatment is growing, as couples seek to circumvent long hospital waiting lists. Even if this is successful, Britain's media will undoubtedly seek to circumvent the ruling by fair means or foul. And in the past, counterfeiters have always managed to circumvent these obstacles. To them, the law is simply a pretext for achieving desired results or (if not suited for that work) an obstacle to be circumvented for the same purpose. ‘The Commission has found creative, community-based programs that begin to circumvent the barriers,’ the report stated. But if history is any guide, the Treasury Department has an uphill fight ahead of it; counterfeiters have a knack for circumventing almost any obstacle put in their way. But logic tells me that any measures like these simply create obstacles that will be circumvented by those who choose to break the law but discourage foreign investors. Where the mobility of goods is limited, the rationale for establishing subsidiaries has been to circumvent the distance barriers and use the owner-specific advantages of the firm to engage in production in more locations. However, the spokesman said retailers would seek to circumvent the rules. So a lot of people were extremely happy when it was proven that it was possible to circumvent that barrier. A common assumption made in the regulatory community to circumvent this problem is that one error offsets the other. Clever strategists that we were, we decided to circumvent this problem or objection by presenting a symposium rather than submitting independent papers. Faced with these challenges from the state, non-state dissident actors must either adjust to the constraints put on Internet use or must seek ways to circumvent the barriers erected by states. Inevitably one's thoughts turn to the matter of how, or even whether, the plans can be circumvented or stopped. Another benefit of a social ecological perspective is that it enables health practitioners to target and circumvent potential barriers to appropriate use of the healthcare system. Some bright spark probably thought that this would be a nice easy way to circumvent the usual obstacles in preventing freedom of speech. To circumvent a possible problem of low data number, we pooled the observed and expected values for the three transposon families. This is not a very realistic assumption but it makes it possible to circumvent the problem of determining the optimal amount of reserves. Synonyms avoid, get round, find a way round, evade, get past, bypass, sidestep, dodge 1.2archaic Deceive; outwit. 〈古〉欺骗；智胜 he's circumvented her with some of his stories 他讲述了他的几次经历，让她上当受骗了。 Synonyms avoid, get round, find a way round, evade, get past, bypass, sidestep, dodge Origin Late Middle English: from Latin circumvent- ‘skirted around’, from the verb circumvenire, from circum ‘around’ + venire ‘come’.
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