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单词 deterring
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deterringn.

/dɪˈtəːrɪŋ/
Etymology: < deter v.1 + -ing suffix1.
The action of hindering through fear.
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the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > [noun] > deterring
deterring1642
determent1646
deterrence1861
warning1977
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > [noun] > action of deterring or restraining
deterring1642
determent1646
deterrence1861
1642 in Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion (1702) I. iv. 315 The deterring of others from discharging their Duties.
1648 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia i. x. §1 (R.) The deterrings and disabuses appeare together with the delectations.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online January 2018).

deterringadj.

Etymology: < deter v.1 + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: deˈterring.
That deters; that keeps off through fear.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > [adjective] > deterrent
deterring1638
deterrent1829
punitive1907
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 323 A new deterring name, of Kill abundance.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 12 The internal parts of the country are still more desolate and deterring.
1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch IV. viii. lxxiii. 188 Their highest qualities can only cast a deterring shadow over the objects.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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