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avert

英 [əˈvɜːt]

美 [əˈvɜːrt]

v.  防止,避免(危险、坏事); 转移目光; 背过脸

过去分词:averted 过去式:averted 现在分词:averting 第三人称单数:averts 

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Collins.2 / BNC.7737 / COCA.7555

牛津词典

    verb

    • 防止,避免(危险、坏事)
      to prevent sth bad or dangerous from happening
      1. A disaster was narrowly averted.
        及时防止了一场灾难。
      2. He did his best to avert suspicion.
        他尽量避嫌。
    • 转移目光;背过脸
      to turn your eyes, etc. away from sth that you do not want to see
      1. She averted her eyes from the terrible scene in front of her.
        她背过脸,不去看面前可怕的场面。

    柯林斯词典

    • VERB 避免;阻止;防止
      If youavertsomething unpleasant, you prevent it from happening.
      1. Talks with the teachers' union over the weekend have averted a strike...
        周末与教师工会举行的谈判避免了一场罢工。
      2. A fresh tragedy was narrowly averted yesterday.
        昨天险些酿成一场新的悲剧。
    • VERB 转移(目光等)
      If youavertyour eyes or gazefromsomeone or something, you look away from them.
      1. He avoids any eye contact, quickly averting his gaze when anyone approaches...
        他避免任何眼神接触,一有人靠近就把目光迅速移开。
      2. He kept his eyes averted.
        他的眼睛滴溜溜乱转。

    英英释义

    verb

    双语例句

    • Enough safety protocols functioned to avert an even larger disaster, but the reactors remain unstable.
      全面的安全协议发挥了作用,避免了更大的灾难,但是目前反应堆仍然不稳定。
    • He managed to avert suspicion.
      他设法避嫌。
    • By common consent, these measures helped avert global economic disaster.
      人们普遍认为,这些措施帮助避免了经济灾难。
    • I head a slanting, avert from, fiercely sat to get up again.
      我将头一歪,避开了,又猛地坐了起来。
    • A Tobin tax would not have prevented the last crisis and will not avert the next one.
      托宾税不可能避免上一次危机,也无法避免下一次危机。
    • But there is still time to avert catastrophe, Dr. McCauley and his colleagues also found.
      但我们仍有时间来避免灾难,麦考利博士和同事还发现。
    • It can avert expensive mistakes or reveal cost savings in the real world.
      这可以避免为错误付出昂贵代价,或展示如何在现实世界中节约成本。
    • We should avert failure by hard work.
      我们应该努力工作以避免失败。
    • The world should have learnt enough lessons to avert that.
      世界应该已经汲取了足够的教训来避免危机重演。
    • We will have to mitigate and adapt to avert the most extreme scenario.
      我们必须进行缓解和适应,从而避免最极端的情境。