to move around something in order to avoid hitting it避开,绕行
We carried the picture carefully through to the main exhibition, circumnavigating several obstacles en route.我们一路绕过了好几个障碍,小心翼翼地把这幅画运送到主展览会。
to avoid something by taking a particular course of action绕开,绕过,避免触犯(法律规定等)
Manufacturers and shops circumnavigate (= avoid) gun laws by providing realistic models that are unable to discharge missiles.厂商和商店为了避免触犯枪支法,销售无法射击的真枪模型。