bypass /ˈbaɪˌpɑːs/ CET6 TEM8 ( bypassing, bypassed, bypasses )

• 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. (为了更快地达成某事而) 不顾

  例：

  A growing number of employers are trying to bypass the unions altogether.

  越来越多的雇主试图完全置工会于不顾。

• 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. 心脏分流手术

  例：

  ...heart bypass surgery.

  …心脏搭桥手术。

• 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. (绕过城镇中心的) 旁道

  例：

  A new bypass around the city is being built.

  一条绕城而过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. 绕过

  例：

  ...money for new roads to bypass cities.

  …修建绕城新路的款项。

• 5. 

  V-T If you bypass a place when you are travelling, you avoid going through it. 避开

  例：

  The rebel forces simply bypassed the town on their way further south.

  叛军在向南推进时仅仅避开了该镇。