elude

• 动词，表示躲避、避开某事物，或指某事让人无法理解、无法记住。

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.

   逃避

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

   同义词avoidcircumventdodgeduckescapeevadefleeshun

   反义词apprehendcapturecatchseizetrap

2. Fail to be understoodB2formal

   To be difficult to understand, remember, or achieve.

   难以理解

   • 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.

   同义词baffleescapeevadeperplexpuzzle