e·lude/ɪ`lud; ɪˈluːd/ v [T] 1 to avoid being found or caught by someone, especially by tricking them 逃避，躲避: Jones eluded the police for six weeks. 钟斯躲避警察达六个星期。 2 if something that you want eludes you, you do not find it or achieve it 〔想要的东西〕未找到，未取得: Success has eluded him so far. 成功至今与他无缘。 3 if a fact eludes you, you cannot remember it 〔事实等〕记不起: Her name eludes me at the moment. 她的名字我一时想不起来。