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单词 deter
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deterv.1

/dɪˈtəː/
Etymology: < Latin dēterrēre to frighten from or away, < de- prefix 1b + terrēre to frighten. (Compare rare Old French deterrer, in Godefroy, which does not appear to have influenced the English word.)
1.
a. transitive. To discourage and turn aside or restrain by fear; to frighten from anything; to restrain or keep back from acting or proceeding by any consideration of danger or trouble.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > demotivate [verb (transitive)] > deter
fearc1380
abster1542
terrify1575
deter1578
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > intimidate or bully [verb (transitive)] > deter
fearc1380
abster1542
deter1578
affright1579
to bluff off1846
1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 38v If the wasting of our money might not dehort vs, yet the wounding of our mindes should deterre vs.
1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) i. i. 2 He..had thereby example and punishment to deterre him.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. x. 405 They [sailors] were rather animated than deterred by the flames and falling buildings, amongst which they wrought.
1767 tr. C. di Beccaria Bonesana Ess. Crimes xxviii. 107 That degree of severity which is sufficient to deter others.
1832 H. Martineau Ella of Garveloch ix. 113 The farmer..was not deterred by the dreary weather.
1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity I. iii. vii. 461 Maurice..had been deterred by the alarming prophecy of a monk.
1877 J. D. Chambers Divine Worship Eng. 308 To deter instead of to invite communicants.
b. Const. from a place, purpose, action, doing anything; †formerly, to do.
ΚΠ
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. x. 73 Punishments which maye more deterre from euill then any sweetnes therto allureth.
1599 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. ii. 9 Whereby other may be deterred to doe the like, and vertuous men encouraged to proceed in honest attempts.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 449 If aught propos'd And judg'd of public moment, in the shape Of difficulty or danger could deterre Me from attempting. View more context for this quotation
1697 S. Patrick Comm. Exod. (xxiii. 2) 437 The Judges were not to be deterred..to pronounce a false Judgment.
1709 M. Prior Poems Several Occasions 90 When my own Face deters me from my Glass.
1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia I. xii. 90 Do not seek to deter me from my purpose.
1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II I. i. 14 This undutiful behaviour of his son did not deter the emperor from resolving to resign to him all the rest of his dominions.
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xvi. 411 Superstition had become powerless to deter from violence.
2. To terrify, alarm.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing apprehension or alarm > alarm [verb (transitive)]
misforgivea1425
feezec1440
effray1480
amaze?1518
misgivea1535
deter1595
baze1603
alarm1620
larum1758
to put the wind up1916
spook1935
1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres v. cxi. sig. Z2v Who to deter The state the more, himselfe nam'd Mortimer.
1635 G. Wither Coll. Emblemes Ep. Ded. The storms which late these Realmes deterred.

Draft additions 1993

c. To prevent or inhibit.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)]
forbidc1000
forrunc1275
forbar1303
before-comec1384
withstanda1400
withholdc1400
prevenec1485
supprime1490
interrupt1497
resist?a1513
prevent1522
discourage1528
prohibit1531
stop1534
forleta1555
bar1559
to bar by and main1567
disbar1567
to cut off1576
embar1577
forestall1579
obvent1588
cancel1594
waylay1625
suppress1651
antevene1655
arceate1657
exarceate1657
interpel1722
stump1858
estop1876
plug1887
pre-empt1957
deter1961
1961 in N. Webster
1972 Sci. Amer. July 23/2 This tactic could deter torpedo attack..in just the same way that the strategic offensive force reliably deters a first strike.
1986 Cambridge (Mass.) Chron. 6 Mar. 1/3 Zoning regulations..deter the development of community residences.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

deterdeterrev.2

Etymology: < French déterrer, Old French desterrer (11th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < dé- , des- (de- prefix 1f) + terre earth: compare inter v.
Obsolete.
transitive. To disinter.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > exhumation > exhume or disentomb [verb (transitive)]
undelve1340
unbury14..
exhumate1548
untomb1594
detomb1607
disentomb1611
disinter1611
distomb1629
deter1632
undig1641
ungrave1664
exhume1783
disinhume1821
dishume1854
unsepulchre1856
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 407 To deterre his dead body.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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