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

• Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on.
  先生们，为了避免这即将来临的风暴，我们已经做了一切能做的事。
• 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。
• 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 did his best to avert suspicion.
  他尽量避嫌。
• 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。
• To avert this, the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia cannot be allowed to fail.
  要避免这一局面的出现，我们就不能让埃及和突尼斯的革命失败。
• We should avert failure by hard work.
  我们应该努力工作以避免失败。
• And that could avert a situation where tens of thousands of Americans would lose their jobs.
  这有可能避免的情况下，成千上万的美国人将失去工作。
• 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。