单词 | deter |
释义 | deterv.1 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. 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 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). < v.11578v.21632 |
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