规避

    阿根廷一对夫妇被允许给他们的儿子取名梅西，该国先前有一条存在45年的法律，规定姓氏不能用作名字。请看本报昨日的报道：

    A couple in Argentina have named their new-born son Messi after the country’s soccer captain, after having been granted permission to circumvent a 45-year-old law banning the use of last names as first names.

    Barcelona striker Lionel Messi may be one of the highest-profile figures in Argentina but due to a 1969 statute in the South American country, proud father Daniel Varela had to petition city authorities to be granted an exception to the law.

    Circum-是“环绕”，例如circumstance是circum-加上(in)stance，就是“情形”，circumference是“圆周、周长”，报道中的circumvent就是“规避、绕开”。