简单释义：

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n. 台阶；横步；〔体〕横步；侧跨步

v. 回避；横跨一步躲过；侧移一步闪过

网络 侧步；避开；回避问题

变形：

第三人称单数：sidesteps  现在分词：sidestepping  过去式：sidestepped  

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完整释义：

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v.

1.避开,回避,躲过

n.

1.横步;台阶
2.〔体〕横步,避开与强手对阵
3.侧跨步
4.横跳躲闪

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例句：

1. Japan isn't alone in searching for ways to supplement China's output or sidestep global reliance on an uncertain supplier.
   除了日本，其他国家也在想办法补充中国的稀土产出，或者是避免全世界对一个不确定的供应国产生依赖。

2. To ignore this issue is to sidestep a major set of environmental and economic risks associated with the development of nuclear power.
   忽略这个问题就等于回避一系列关于核能发展的主要环境及经济风险。

3. The rest would often have their bonds guaranteed by AAA-rated bond-insurance companies, helping buyers sidestep painful due diligence.
   其余的通常要3A级别的债券保险公司为他们的债券作担保，帮助购买者避免困难的严格评估。

4. In what seemed a clear effort to sidestep the mistakes of postwar Iraq, there was no rush to send foreign troops to Libya.
   显然是为了避免重蹈战后伊拉克的覆辙，外国军队进驻利比亚并未排上日程。

5. Up to this point in our discussion of JSP custom tags , we ve managed to sidestep the important detail of error handling .
   在我们讨论JSP自定义标记的时候，我们一直都设法回避了错误处理的重要细节。

6. To sidestep that prohibition, municipalities across the country have created off-the-books entities to do the borrowing.
   为了规避这个禁令，全国的市级政府设立了许多体制外的实体去借款。

7. Now that you are a bit older and wiser, you can sidestep unhealthy relationship patterns and find a person who can truly make you happy.
   现在，你是更加成熟和明智的，你会回避那些不健康的关系，找到一个人谁可以真正使你幸福。

8. ALTHOUGH the laws of physics cannot be altered at whim, scientists are adept at manipulating the world to sidestep this inconvenience.
   物理法则虽不能随心所欲地被改变，然而科学家们擅于避开这个（法则带来的）不便来操控世界。