Since any answer was likely to cause embarrassment to his party, the politician tried to______the question.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】本题空格处是说这位政治家尽量回避这个问题。A项evade“逃避，躲避”符合题意，如：The released criminal always tries to evade the police．(释放犯总想不要碰上警察。)其他三项delude“迷惑，蛊惑”，seclude“隔离”，invade“侵略，侵袭”都不正确。