bypass

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

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

...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

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

...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

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。