averted
past simple and past participle ofavert
| 单词 | averted |
| 释义 | averted past simple and past participle ofavert avert verb[T] uk/əˈvɜːt/us/əˈvɝːt/avertverb[T](PREVENT)topreventsomethingbadfromhappening: to avert acrisis/conflict/strike/famine to avertdisaster/economiccollapse Synonym avoid to prevent something from happening
Preventing and impeding
avertverb[T](TURN)toturnawayyoureyesorthoughts: I averted mygaze/eyeswhile hedressed. Wetriedto avertourthoughtsfromourmassivefinancialproblems. Using the eyes
Examplesofavertedaverted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Therefore, the costsavertedby treatment are likely to be substantially higher. From theCambridge English Corpus Both countries mobilized their armies, but pressure from the international communityavertedfurther escalation. From theCambridge English Corpus How was major inter-state violence, when it looked incipient,averted? From theCambridge English Corpus A source of variation among studies estimating the proportion of potentially avoidable arthroscopies is the criteria used to consider that the procedure would beaverted. From theCambridge English Corpus An economic evaluation was performed based on cost-effectiveness ratios (peravertedarthroscopy), including direct and indirect costs. From theCambridge English Corpus Persons threatened by psychiatric disorder because of temperamental attributes like neuroticism, may remain at risk of somatic problems even if mental illness isaverted. From theCambridge English Corpus Inefficient decisions may result when households take defensive action to avert damage that might have beenavertedmore cheaply through public actions. From theCambridge English Corpus There we asked whether it was moral for a state to inflict some draconian punishment now if it thusavertedmore draconian punishment later on. From theCambridge English Corpus Eventually, through the narrowlyaverteddeath of her son - who, it turns out, is actually their son - the two come together again. From theCambridge English Corpus In the results section, the authors estimate the number of cases of childhood morbidity that could beavertedin each pollution clean-up scenario. From theCambridge English Corpus Heavertedsyncope by tensing the muscle of his arms and legs or bending forwards as if to tie his shoelaces. From theCambridge English Corpus For most studies, however, the threshold was approximately 20% to 30% ofavertedarthroscopies. From theCambridge English Corpus What forces and policies made it possible for potential instability to beavertedat both domestic and inter national levels? From theCambridge English Corpus The control children showed a gaze facilitation effect in that they were better able to detect faces with direct gaze thanavertedgaze. From theCambridge English Corpus Rather, they believe that catastrophe wasavertedonly by their safety behaviours. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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