skirt the issue
collocation回避问题
He tried to skirt the issue by changing the subject.
他试图通过转移话题来回避问题。
回避；规避
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回避；规避
to avoid or ignore something, especially a problem
The report skirted the main issue and gave no clear answers.
这份报告回避了主要问题，没有给出明确答案。
位于或形成...的边界
To be on or form the border of.
沿着边缘移动；避开中心
To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.
用裙子覆盖；包围
To cover with a skirt; to surround.
避开或忽视(某事物)；设法回避(问题等)
To avoid or ignore (something); to manage to avoid (something or a problem); to skate by (something).
skirt
Base
原形
skirts
3rd person
第三人称单数
skirting
-ing
现在分词
skirted
Past
过去式
skirted
Past participle
过去分词
He skirts the issue every time.
他每次都回避这个问题。
They skirted the city to avoid traffic.
他们绕过了城市以避开交通。
She is skirting the regulations.
她正在规避规定。
规则动词，意为‘绕过、回避’。
Politicians often skirt difficult questions during interviews.
政客们在采访中经常回避棘手的问题。
She tried to skirt the topic by changing the subject.
她试图通过转移话题来避开这个话题。
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回避问题
He tried to skirt the issue by changing the subject.
他试图通过转移话题来回避问题。
规避问题
Politicians often skirt around the problem instead of solving it.
政客们常常规避问题而不是解决它。
打法律的擦边球
The company found a way to skirt the law without breaking it.
那家公司找到了不违法却打法律擦边球的办法。
回避实情；避而不谈真相
She skirted the truth when asked about her past.
当被问及她的过去时，她避而不谈实情。
沿着海岸航行/行进
The boat skirted along the coast to avoid the storm.
船沿着海岸航行以避开风暴。
回避，绕开
He skirted around the question and never gave a direct answer.
他绕开了这个问题，从未给出直接回答。
回避问题
Stop skirting the issue and tell us what you really think.
别再回避问题了，告诉我们你的真实想法。
钻法律空子，规避法律
The company found ways to skirt the law without technically breaking it.
这家公司找到了在技术上不违法却规避法律的办法。
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想象裙摆绕在身体边缘：skirt 作动词就是‘绕着边缘走’，回避问题=不碰中心，只沿边绕。
语域：mixed 常见场景：describing a road or path along a border、describing movement around the edge of an area、discussing an issue or question indirectly、recommending how to handle a risky topic 作动词时，“位于或沿着边缘”义多用于客观、书面或地理描述，语气偏中性；“回避、绕开”义则常见于正式或书面讨论，带有刻意不正面处理的意味。日常口语中，这类意思通常更习惯用 avoid 或 go around。
作为动词，skirt可及物或不及物：及物意为'绕过，回避'，常接宾语；不及物意为'位于边缘'，常接'around'或'along'。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.