averting
present participle ofavert
| 单词 | averting |
| 释义 | averting present 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
Examplesofavertingaverting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Prevention is made up of actions aimed atavertingthe establishment or development of a health problem. From theCambridge English Corpus In its initial use of regulations the unionist government drew most heavily on measures aimed atavertingimmediate violence and civil unrest. From theCambridge English Corpus This public status (combined with their public powers) implies that they are authorized to take binding decisions and to levy taxes, thusavertingfreerider behaviour. From theCambridge English Corpus This decision is modeled using theavertingbehavior data. From theCambridge English Corpus One motivation for combating genetic disease is the hope of saving money byavertingbirths of infants with costly disorders. From theCambridge English Corpus Following theseavertingactions, a cross-section study of households might show that higher-income households are not more willing to pay for pollution abatement. From theCambridge English Corpus Then as pollution grows, higher-income households take a variety ofavertingactions. From theCambridge English Corpus We may observe thatavertinga disaster always carries greater weight than promoting a good. From theCambridge English Corpus The panoptic state had no intention ofavertingits gaze once it reached the threshold of the family home. From theCambridge English Corpus And this yields simple heuristics: with respect to gains, when in doubt, don't try it, and the converse with respect toavertinga loss. From theCambridge English Corpus Still, a modest expansion of day-care provision was projected to allow women to work, thusavertingthe feared shortage of labour in the industrial sector. From theCambridge English Corpus This became evident as the scene constantly shed commercialised forms as a way ofavertingrecuperation. From theCambridge English Corpus During the dialectical analysis certain constrains are imposed foravertingdifferent kinds of fallacious argumentation. From theCambridge English Corpus There is also evidence that higher income households do moreavertingof pollution, making them less willing to pay for public intervention. From theCambridge English Corpus This may stem from higher opportunity costs of lost work that come from higher wages or from moreavertingactions. 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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