以免 (so as to avoid) · 以免 (pour éviter)
Choose a purpose that avoids trouble
- A form asks you to check the address before sending a parcel.
- 请核对地址，以免寄错。 — Checking is the precaution; sending to the wrong place is the avoided outcome.
Choose a purpose that avoids trouble
- A form asks you to check the address before sending a parcel.
- to ask请to check核对address地址，in order to avoid以免寄错。 — Checking is the precaution; sending to the wrong place is the avoided outcome.
Locate the pattern in real examples
- 以免 (so as to avoid): 早点出发,以免堵车。; 多穿点,以免感冒。
- Read the whole clause before choosing a translation. The examples show the pattern in use; the context below determines what the speaker claims.
Locate the pattern in real examples
- in order to avoid以免 (so as to avoid): breakfast早点to set off出发,in order to avoid以免traffic jam堵车。; many多穿点,in order to avoid以免to catch cold感冒。
- Read the whole clause before choosing a translation. The examples show the pattern in use; the context below determines what the speaker claims.
A form asks you to check the address before sending a parcel. What does 请核对地址，以免寄错。 communicate?
Checking is the precaution; sending to the wrong place is the avoided outcome. 以免寄错 does not assert that a mistake has already happened. Avoid adding a negative automatically: 以免不小心寄错 includes 不小心, but 以免不寄错 reverses the intended risk.
Follow the speaker
earlier早点leave走，so as to avoid以免traffic堵车。
- In the opening situation: 请核对地址，以免寄错。
- Checking is the precaution; sending to the wrong place is the avoided outcome.
Follow the speaker
earlier早点leave走，so as to avoid以免traffic堵车。
- In the opening situation: to ask请to check核对address地址，in order to avoid以免寄错。
- Checking is the precaution; sending to the wrong place is the avoided outcome.
Using the pattern named in this lesson: Leave early to avoid traffic: 早点走，____ 堵车。
(Action)，以免 + VP = so as to avoid: 早点走,以免堵车.
以免 means the same as “in order to get …”.
No — 以免 = so as to AVOID a bad result, not to gain one.
Check the limit of the explanation
- 以免寄错 does not assert that a mistake has already happened.
- Avoid adding a negative automatically: 以免不小心寄错 includes 不小心, but 以免不寄错 reverses the intended risk.
Check the limit of the explanation
- in order to avoid以免寄错 does not assert that a mistake has already happened.
- Avoid adding a negative automatically: in order to avoid以免not不to be careful小心寄错 includes not不to be careful小心, but in order to avoid以免not不寄错 reverses the intended risk.
The parcel has already been sent to the wrong address.
以免寄错 does not assert that a mistake has already happened. Avoid adding a negative automatically: 以免不小心寄错 includes 不小心, but 以免不寄错 reverses the intended risk. Checking is the precaution; sending to the wrong place is the avoided outcome.
Repair the form before interpreting it
- The form 请核对地址，寄错以免 needs repair here. Write 请核对地址，以免寄错 instead; keep the word or frame in its demonstrated order.
- Form and meaning are separate checks. After the repair, explain the sentence in its situation rather than treating a familiar translation as a universal rule.
Repair the form before interpreting it
- The form to ask请to check核对address地址，寄错in order to avoid以免 needs repair here. Write to ask请to check核对address地址，in order to avoid以免寄错 instead; keep the word or frame in its demonstrated order.
- Form and meaning are separate checks. After the repair, explain the sentence in its situation rather than treating a familiar translation as a universal rule.
Rewrite the demonstrated repair exactly: 请核对地址，寄错以免
The demonstrated form is 请核对地址，以免寄错. Checking is the precaution; sending to the wrong place is the avoided outcome.
Keep the distinction
- Checking is the precaution; sending to the wrong place is the avoided outcome. Check the relevant speaker, time or group in the surrounding context.
- 以免寄错 does not assert that a mistake has already happened. Avoid adding a negative automatically: 以免不小心寄错 includes 不小心, but 以免不寄错 reverses the intended risk.
Read the full reference: HSK 6 grammar — Conjunctions.
Keep the distinction
- Checking is the precaution; sending to the wrong place is the avoided outcome. Check the relevant speaker, time or group in the surrounding context.
- in order to avoid以免寄错 does not assert that a mistake has already happened. Avoid adding a negative automatically: in order to avoid以免not不to be careful小心寄错 includes not不to be careful小心, but in order to avoid以免not不寄错 reverses the intended risk.
Read the full reference: HSK 6 grammar — Conjunctions.
以免 introduces…
小心，以免出错 = be careful so as not to make mistakes.