avoid confrontations 意味

• 対立｛たいりつ｝を回避｛かいひ｝する
  

例文

1. in order to avoid confrontations yoshinobu retreated to osaka-jo castle , assembled the ambassadors from various foreign countries and asserted the legitimacy of tokugawa; furthermore , he appealed to the imperial court and had the jikan nochi modified to more moderate terms .
   慶喜は衝突を避けるべく大坂城に退去し、諸外国の公使らを集めて徳川の正当性を主張、さらに朝廷に運動して辞官納地を修正させて穏やかな形に直してもらう。