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单词 avert
释义
avert
verb[T]
uk
/əˈvɜːt/us
/əˈvɝːt/

avertverb[T](PREVENT)

topreventsomethingbadfromhappening:
防止，避免
to avert acrisis/conflict/strike/famine避免危机／冲突／罢工／饥荒
to avertdisaster/economiccollapse防止灾难／经济崩溃
Synonym
avoid
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to prevent something from happening
  • preventVaccination will prevent the spread of the disease.
  • avoidLabel the boxes to avoid confusion.
  • stopThis should stop any further trouble.
  • avertWe had to act quickly to avert disaster.
  • prohibitBehavioural problems in the classroom prohibit learning.
  • checkChildren are being vaccinated in an attempt to check the spread of the disease.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Preventing and impeding
  • anti-jamming
  • avoid
  • avoidable
  • bar
  • be a drag onsomeone/somethingidiom
  • bottleneck
  • derail
  • fireproof
  • hamper
  • hang
  • havesomeone/somethinghanging roundyourneckidiom
  • head off
  • hinder
  • prejudice
  • prevent
  • preventable
  • prevention
  • prevention is better than cureidiom
  • scuttle
  • smother
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avertverb[T](TURN)

toturnawayyoureyesorthoughts:
转移（目光、想法等）；把…转（向别处）
I averted mygaze/eyeswhile hedressed.他穿衣服的时候我把目光转向一边。
Wetriedto avertourthoughtsfromourmassivefinancialproblems.我们尽量不去想我们面临的严重财政问题。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Using the eyes
  • accommodate
  • accommodation
  • all eyes are onsomeone/somethingidiom
  • astigmatic
  • beholder
  • butcher
  • corner
  • gaze
  • glass
  • lookout
  • peep
  • perceive
  • saw
  • scope
  • seesomethingwithyourown eyesidiom
  • seeing is believingidiom
  • shoot a glance atsomeoneidiom
  • spot
  • stand oversomeone
  • tab
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(Definition ofavertfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

avert| American Dictionary

avert
verb[T]
us
/əˈvɜrt/

avertverb[T](PREVENT)

topreventsomethingbadfromhappening;avoid:
Thelast-minuteagreementavertedrenewedfighting.

avertverb[T](TURN AWAY)

toturnawayyoureyesorthoughts:
Theshyman wasstandingbefore me, hiseyesaverted.
(Definition ofavertfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

avert| Business English

avert
verb[T]
uk
/əˈvɜːt/us
topreventsomethingbadfromhappening:
avert a crisis/disasterHearguedthat the way to avert aneconomiccrisisis forindividualstofollowtheirusualspendinghabits.
avert industrial action/a strikeBylaw, thepresidentmayappointaboardto avert astrikethat couldresultinwidespreadinterruptionof U.S.railservice.
(Definition ofavertfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofavert

avert
A source of variation among studies estimating the proportion of potentially avoidable arthroscopies is the criteria used to consider that the procedure would be averted.
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One motivation for combating genetic disease is the hope of saving money by averting births of infants with costly disorders.
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In the results section, the authors estimate the number of cases of childhood morbidity that could be averted in each pollution clean-up scenario.
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The panoptic state had no intention of averting its gaze once it reached the threshold of the family home.
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Still, a modest expansion of day-care provision was projected to allow women to work, thus averting the feared shortage of labour in the industrial sector.
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He averted syncope by tensing the muscle of his arms and legs or bending forwards as if to tie his shoelaces.
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Usually, though, this relationship averts the greater harm of the child's lacking all parental relations.
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During the dialectical analysis certain constrains are imposed for averting different kinds of fallacious argumentation.
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What forces and policies made it possible for potential instability to be averted at both domestic and inter national levels?
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The control children showed a gaze facilitation effect in that they were better able to detect faces with direct gaze than averted gaze.
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1219 therapy necessarily ends abruptly, with some sense of uncertainty about having averted an impending catastrophe.
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In contrast, such a life would encourage risk taking with respect to averting losses.
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Mentors must also be on guard against giving too much advice, in addition to averting biases, harassment, and conflicts of interest.
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The novel combination of averting behavior and contingent valuation data contributes to the growing literature on joint estimation.
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Rather, they believe that catastrophe was averted only by their safety behaviours.
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