elude
verb- elude somebody/something
to manage to avoid or escape from somebody/something, especially in a clever way （尤指機敏地）避開，逃避，躲避 - elude somebody
if something eludes you, you are not able to achieve it, or not able to remember or understand it 使達不到；使不記得；使不理解 He was extremely tired but sleep eluded him. 他累極了，卻睡不着。 They're a popular band but chart success has eluded them so far. 他們是一支很受歡迎的樂隊，但到目前爲止還未能在流行唱片排行榜上取得佳績。 Finally he remembered the tiny detail that had eluded him the night before. 他終於想起了前一天晚上想不起來的細節。
Extra ExamplesTopics Difficulty and failurec2the success that has so far eluded her 她至今未能獲得的成功 the higher levels of responsibility that have continued to elude women 婦女繼續逃避更高層次的責任 Winning this championship was a prize that had always eluded him. 赢得這個冠軍是他一直沒有得到的獎勵。 The point of the exercise seemed to elude the class. 這門課似乎沒有抓住練習的重點。
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘delude, baffle’): from Latin eludere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out, away from’ + ludere ‘to play’.