[せんだつ, sendatsu] (n, vs) circumvention of the law; evasion of the law (by using legal means to obtain a result normally only obtainable by illegal ones) [Add to Longdo]
[ちょうへいきひ, chouheikihi] (n) draft evasion; draught evasion[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
evasion \e*va"sion\ ([-e]*v[=a]"zh[u^]n), n. [L. evasio: cf. F.
['e]vasion. See {Evade}.]
The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of
an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful
means of eluding.
[1913 Webster]
Thou . . . by evasions thy crime uncoverest more.
--Milton.
Syn: Shift; subterfuge; shuffling; prevarication;
equivocation.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
evasion
n 1: a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly
avoids an unpleasant truth [syn: {evasion}, {equivocation}]
2: the deliberate act of failing to pay money; "his evasion of
all his creditors"; "he was indicted for nonpayment" [syn:
{evasion}, {nonpayment}] [ant: {defrayal}, {defrayment},
{payment}]
3: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or
trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his
clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the
consequences is possible but unattractive" [syn: {evasion},
{escape}, {dodging}]
4: the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or
a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
