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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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

• turn away or aside
  1. They averted their eyes when the King entered
  Synonym:turn away
• prevent the occurrence of
  1. Let's avoid a confrontation
  2. head off a confrontation
  3. avert a strike
  Synonym:debarforefendforfendobviatedeflecthead offstave offfend offavoidward off

双语例句

• The critical question is what can be done to avert further confrontation.
  关键的问题是，能采取什么措施来避免进一步的对抗。
• But our collective failure to forecast and avert this crisis carries important lessons for the longer term.
  但我们在预测和避免这场危机方面的集体失误，给我们的较长远发展带来了重要教训。
• 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。
• 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。
• To avert disasters, governments should take urgent and ambitious actions.
  为了避免灾难发生，政府应该采取迫切和强有力的措施。
• This article introduces you to a technique that attempts to avert just this sort of disaster.
  本文介绍了一种试图避免这种灾难的技术。
• A fresh tragedy was narrowly averted yesterday.
  昨天险些酿成一场新的悲剧。
• It would also avert the threat of a new government shutdown.
  这还将避免政府再次关门的威胁。
• He managed to avert suspicion.
  他设法避嫌。
• He kept his eyes averted.
  他的眼睛滴溜溜乱转。