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外刊例句
- Batteries and electric motors, which can be bought off the shelf, obviate the need to spend billions developing several ICEs to serve a range of cars with different requirements.
电池和电机都可以买现成的,也就不需要再花几十亿美元研发好几种内燃机以满足一系列车型的不同要求。
——《经济学人》 - But that doesn't obviate the responsibility for House and Senate leaders, for others to also do their part.
但这并不能免除众议院和参议院领导人的责任,也不能免除其他人也要尽自己一份力的责任。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[verb] remove (a need or difficulty)
[动词] 消除(某个需要或困难)
深入解读
Obviate 是一个与小站(微信公众号:田间小站)前年推送过的 deviate 有着相同结尾并且同词根 vi(a), vey, voy (道路)的单词。
其中 obviate 源自拉丁语 obvius (挡道的;逆向而行的),于16世纪90年代经拉丁语 obviare (违背、违反)的过去分词 obviatus 进入英语后,即用来表示“消除、排除、打消、使无必要”,常作正式用语使用,侧重指通过清除障碍、解决困难或绕过本是需要的东西来预防潜在的不愉快事情发生,也包括运用智慧或预先考虑来避免麻烦,比如:
- 这项新实物证据排除了继续调查的必要。
This new tangible evidence obviates the need for any further enquiries. - 如果能和平解决就没有必要派遣联合国维和部队。
A peaceful solution would obviate the need to send a UN military force.
名著用例
The lateness of the hour, rendering procrastinatory: the obscurity of the night, rendering invisible: the uncertainty of thoroughfares, rendering perilous: the necessity for repose, obviating movement: the proximity of an occupied bed, obviating research: the anticipation of warmth (human) tempered with coolness (linen), obviating desire and rendering desirable: the statue of Narcissus, sound without echo, desired desire.
时间迟晏,使人犹豫拖延;夜间太黑,遮住视线;大街上不安定,充满危险;休息的需要,阻碍了行动;睡着人的床就近在咫尺,用不着去寻觅;对那被(衬衣被单)的冰凉缓解的(人的)温暖的期待,排除了某种欲望,又挑起另一种欲望;纳素斯的雕像,没有“回音”的音响,渴求的欲望。
出自爱尔兰现代主义作家詹姆斯·乔伊斯(James Joyce)于1922年出版的长篇小说《尤利西斯》(Ulysses)。下载本书请点击:原版名著下载 | 尤利西斯(Ulysses)
同近义词
- avert: prevent or ward off (an undesirable occurrence)
- preclude: prevent from happening; make impossible
- prevent: keep (something) from happening or arising