bypasses

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T If you bypass someone or something that you would normally have to get involved with, you ignore them, often because you want to achieve something more quickly. (為了更快地達成某事而) 不顧
A growing number of employers are trying to bypass the unions altogether. 越來越多的雇主試圖完全置工會于不顧。
2. N-COUNT A bypass is a surgical operation performed on or near the heart, in which the flow of blood is redirected so that it does not flow through a part of the heart that is diseased or blocked. 心臟分流手術(shù)
...heart bypass surgery. …心臟搭橋手術(shù)。
3. N-COUNT A bypass is a main road that takes traffic around the edge of a town or city rather than through its centre. (繞過城鎮(zhèn)中心的) 旁道
A new bypass around the city is being built. 一條繞城而過的新旁路正在修建之中。
4. V-T If a road bypasses a place, it goes around it rather than through it. 繞過
...money for new roads to bypass cities. …修建繞城新路的款項。
5. V-T If you bypass a place when you are travelling, you avoid going through it. 避開
The rebel forces simply bypassed the town on their way further south. 叛軍在向南推進時僅僅避開了該鎮(zhèn)。