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

• A fresh tragedy was narrowly averted yesterday.
  昨天险些酿成一场新的悲剧。
• He kept his eyes averted.
  他的眼睛滴溜溜乱转。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He managed to avert suspicion.
  他设法避嫌。
• 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。
• He did his best to avert suspicion.
  他尽量避嫌。