The hikers practiced strict avoidance of the fragile alpine meadows to protect the endangered wildflowers from trampling.
徒步者严格避免踏入脆弱的阿尔卑斯草甸，以保护濒危的野花不被踩踏。
Which choice best defines “avoidance”?
A — Keeping away from. “avoidance” means keeping away from.
Which word means “keeping away from”?
B — avoidance. “avoidance” means keeping away from.
avoidance — keeping away from. In Chinese: 避免，回避.
avoidance is pronounced /əˈvɔɪdəns/.
The hikers practiced strict avoidance of the fragile alpine meadows to protect the endangered wildflowers from trampling. (徒步者严格避免踏入脆弱的阿尔卑斯草甸，以保护濒危的野花不被踩踏。)
evasion, shunning, prevention — all close in meaning to avoidance (keeping away from).
confrontation, approach — each the opposite of avoidance (keeping away from).
Yes. avoidance is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
avoid+ance(noun).