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

• He managed to avert suspicion.
  他设法避嫌。
• 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。
• 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。
• Efforts are being made to avert war and find a diplomatic solution
  各方正在为避免战争、寻求外交解决途径而作出积极的努力。
• We will have to mitigate and adapt to avert the most extreme scenario.
  我们必须进行缓解和适应，从而避免最极端的情境。
• 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。
• 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。
• Enough safety protocols functioned to avert an even larger disaster, but the reactors remain unstable.
  全面的安全协议发挥了作用，避免了更大的灾难，但是目前反应堆仍然不稳定。
• 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。
• Now, the problem is how we stop the phenomena to happen again and avert?
  现在的问题是我们怎么阻止这种现象的再次出现和转移？