elude

• Глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по избеганию или уклонению от чего-либо, или неспособности быть понятым или запомненным кем-то.

A verb used to indicate the act of avoiding or escaping from something, or of failing to be understood or remembered by someone.

1. Escape or avoidB2formal

   To avoid being caught, captured, or found by someone or something.

   Ускользать

   • The fugitive eluded the police for weeks.
   • The thief eluded capture by hiding in the crowd.
   • The answer to the mystery eluded the detectives.

   Synonymsavoidcircumventdodgeduckescapeevadefleeshun

   Antonymsapprehendcapturecatchseizetrap

2. Fail to be understoodB2formal

   To be difficult to understand, remember, or achieve.

   Ускользать от понимания

   • The meaning of the poem eludes me.
   • Success has so far eluded the young entrepreneur.
   • The solution to the problem eluded the scientists for years.

   Synonymsbaffleescapeevadeperplexpuzzle