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Change log entry 66673
Processed by: richwarm (2018-11-08 22:17:45 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 62506 - submitted by 'sl89' >>
Registered in dictionaries (these are quite common, there is an argument for defining them separately in the dictionary):
避而不谈 (MoE, Pleco, Wenlin)
避而不答 (Pleco, Wenlin)
避而不见 (Wenlin)

Other examples (full sentences below):
避而不去
避而不想
避而不看
etc.

※ 避而不谈
【MoE】刻意回避、隐藏而不说。如:「对于记者的询问,他一概避而不谈。」
【Pleco】evade the question; avoid the subject; keep silent about the matter
【Wenlin】f.e. evade the subject/question

多个月以来,帕丁森一直对恋情避而不谈,最后还是打破沉默承认他们的恋爱关系。
After refusing to comment on their relationship for months, Pattinson finally broke his silence and admitted they were an item.

〈在一起〉即是妥协的作品,对于政府长期掩盖艾滋病患者和携带者的事实,影片避而不谈。
“Together, ” which was submitted to censors, avoids mentioning the government’s long cover-up of H.I.V. and AIDS in China.

政府的情报机构通常对这些数据避而不谈,而软件公司在谈及具体销售数字时也是会羞于言表。
Government agencies generally decline to release figures, and software firms shy from discussing hard numbers.

※ 避而不答
【Pleco】avoid making a reply
【Wenlin】f.e. avoid replying

他试图避而不答我的问题。
He tried to avoid answering my question.

总统对所有关于性丑闻的问题都避而不答。
The president turned aside all questions on the sexual scandal.

中国日报报道,面对政府问卷中关于收入何时上升的问题,许多人避而不答,而亦有家庭违反独生子女政策。
Many people are reticent about answering government questions when their incomes are rising and some families have exceeded the country's one-child policy, China Daily said.

※ 避而不见
【Wenlin】f.e. avoid meeting sb.

我不能避而不见她。
I cannot avoid seeing her.

为了避而不见我,她走进了邮局。
She entered into the post office in order to dodge me.

本月华盛顿,美国避而不见达赖喇嘛,这么讨好中国也是没必要的。
Avoiding a meeting with the Dalai Lama in Washington this month was an unnecessary sop to his hosts.


※ 避而不去
只是这一切远不及他在芝加哥时那么招遥,他避而不去那些容易碰到他过去的熟人的娱乐场所。
All this, however, in a much less imposing way than had been his wont in Chicago. He avoided the gay places where he would be apt to meet those who had known him.

※ 避而不想
头三年中,他尽量避而不想这些。
He had avoided such thoughts for the first three years as much as possible.

※ 避而不看
“当这些事情确实发生时,我们施以几分微笑,避而不看某人。” 丹尼尔·韦格纳说到,一位哈佛大学的心理学家。
"When these things do happen we sort of smile and look the other way, " said Daniel Wegner, a psychologist at Harvard University.
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[bi3] --> [bu4]
Diff:
# 避而不 避而不 [bi3 er2 bu4] /to avoid (doing sth)/
+ 避而不 避而不 [bi4 er2 bu4] /to avoid (doing sth)/
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