a broad road in a town or city, typically having trees at regular intervals along its sides 大道;林荫道 tree-lined avenues surround the hotel. 林荫大道环绕着酒店。 [in names]Shaftesbury Avenue. 沙夫茨伯里大道。 ■[in names](N. Amer.)a thoroughfare running at right angles to the streets in a city laid out on a grid pattern (北美)大街 7th Avenue. 第七大街。 ■a tree-lined road or path, especially one that leads to a country house or similar building (尤指通向乡宅等的)林阴道 an avenue of limes. 一条石灰铺的林阴道。
a way of approaching a problem or making progress towards something 途径 three possible avenues of research suggested themselves. 三种可行的研究途径摆在眼前。
语源
early 17th cent. (in sense 2): from French, feminine past participle of avenir 'arrive, approach', from Latin advenire, from ad- 'towards' + venire 'come'