English-Thai Dictionary

evasion

N การ หลีกเลี่ยง (สิ่ง ที่ ไม่ดี  การ หลีกเลี่ยง  การ บ่ายเบี่ยง  kan-lik-liang

 

evasion

N ข้ออ้าง  ข้อ บ่ายเบี่ยง  subterfuge kor-ang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EVASION

n.s as z. [L. evasio, from evado, evasi. See Evade. ] The act of eluding or avoiding, or of escaping, particularly from the pressure of an argument, from an accusation or charge, from an interrogatory and the like; excuse; subterfuge; equivocation; artifice to elude; shift. Evasion of a direct answer weakens the testimony of a witness.
Thou by evasions thy crime uncover'st more.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EVASION

E *va "sion, n. Etym: [L. evasio: cf. F. évasion. See Evade. ]

 

Defn: The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding. Thou. .. by evasions thy crime uncoverest more. Milton.

 

Syn. -- Shift; subterfuge; shuffling; prevarication; equivocation.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

evasion

e va sion |iˈvāZHən əˈveɪʒən | ▶noun the action of evading something: their adroit evasion of almost all questions. • an indirect answer; a prevaricating excuse: the protestations and evasions of a witness. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘prevaricating excuse ’): via Old French from Latin evasio (n- ), from evadere (see evade ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

evasion

eva |sion |ɪˈveɪʒ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action of evading something: their adroit evasion of almost all questions. • [ count noun ] an indirect answer; a prevaricating excuse: the protestations and evasions of a witness. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘prevaricating excuse ’): via Old French from Latin evasio (n- ), from evadere (see evade ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

evasion

evasion noun 1 the evasion of immigration control: avoidance, elusion, circumvention, dodging, sidestepping. 2 she grew tired of all the evasion: prevarication, evasiveness, beating around the bush, hedging, pussyfooting, hemming and hawing, equivocation, vagueness, temporization; rare tergiversation.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

evasion

evasion noun 1 her quick-witted evasion of an assassination attempt: avoidance, dodging, eluding, elusion, sidestepping, bypassing, circumvention, shunning, shirking; getting out of, finding a way round; informal ducking, the go-by; archaic bilking. ANTONYMS confrontation. 2 she grew tired of all the evasion: prevarication, evasiveness, beating about the bush, hedging, fencing, shilly-shallying, shuffling, dodging the issue, dodging, sidestepping the issue, sidestepping, pussyfooting, equivocation, vagueness, quibbling, cavilling, temporization, stalling, stalling for time; Brit. humming and hawing; informal ducking, ducking the issue; rare tergiversation. ANTONYMS directness.

 

Duden Dictionary

Evasion

Eva si on Substantiv, feminin bildungssprachlich , die |Evasi o n |spätlateinisch evasio = das Entrinnen, zu lateinisch evadere (2. Partizip: evasum ) = entrinnen 1 massenhaftes Hinausdringen, Entweichen; Massenflucht 2 veraltet Ausflucht

 

French Dictionary

évasion

évasion n. f. nom féminin 1 Action de s ’échapper d ’une prison, d ’un lieu où l ’on était enfermé. : Une évasion spectaculaire. 2 figuré Action de se divertir pour échapper au quotidien, pour se détendre. : La musique constitue une merveilleuse évasion. SYNONYME détente ; distraction ; divertissement . Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec le nom invasion, entrée soudaine et massive.

 

Spanish Dictionary

evasión

evasión nombre femenino 1 Salida o recurso con que una persona elude afrontarse a una dificultad, un compromiso o un peligro :escribir este libro fue, según palabras del propio escritor, una forma de evasión .2 Acción de evadir o evadirse :evasión fiscal; evasión de divisas; evasión de presos .evasión de capital Transferencia ilegal de bienes, especialmente de dinero, a un país extranjero .SINÓNIMO fuga de capital .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

evasion

e va sion /ɪvéɪʒ (ə )n /名詞 1 U C (義務 責任などを )うまく逃げる [逃れる ]こと, 回避, 逃避 .2 C ごまかし, 口実, 言い抜け .