英语词汇“avert”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

avert

/əˈvəːt

verb [with object]

1Turn away (one’s eyes or thoughts): she averted her eyes while we made stilted conversation...

She averted her eyes, shifting her gaze to her feet in an attempt to avoid the mischievous curl of his lips.
You can chew on the irony of icon-maker MTV presenting this notion when you're averting your eyes during the extended surgery scenes.
Hard and social science will of course progress even though the Supreme Court averts its eyes.

Synonyms

turn aside, turn away, turn to one side

2Prevent or ward off (an undesirable occurrence): talks failed to avert a rail strike...

‘Treating and curing TB at first sign prevents its spread, averts death and reduces the burden TB patients place on the healthcare system,’ she said.
Can Africa mount a prevention campaign successful enough to avert an epidemic of Western proportions?
The far-fetched, last minute intervention, presumably by the hand of God, that averts tragedy from striking the family sits uncomfortably with the raw realism of the rest of the picture.

Synonyms

prevent, stop, avoid, nip in the bud;

stave off, head off, ward off;

forestall, preclude

Derivatives

avertable

/əˈvəːtəb(ə)l/ adjective ...

It isn't just the imp of the perverse that suggests that a total wipeout for Microsoft is avertable.
If companies don't scan client data and an avertable disaster happens, then they could get sued by shareholders or even by the government for noncompliance with the USA Patriot Act.
Daly and deaths potentially avertable are for a 20 percentage point increase in intervention coverage in a hypothetical sample population of 1 million.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'divert or deter someone from a place or a course of action'): from Latin avertere, from ab- 'from' + vertere 'to turn'; reinforced by Old French avertir.

单词	avert
释义	avert /əˈvəːt / verb [with object] 1Turn away (one’s eyes or thoughts): she averted her eyes while we made stilted conversation... She averted her eyes, shifting her gaze to her feet in an attempt to avoid the mischievous curl of his lips. You can chew on the irony of icon-maker MTV presenting this notion when you're averting your eyes during the extended surgery scenes. Hard and social science will of course progress even though the Supreme Court averts its eyes. Synonyms turn aside, turn away, turn to one side 2Prevent or ward off (an undesirable occurrence): talks failed to avert a rail strike... ‘Treating and curing TB at first sign prevents its spread, averts death and reduces the burden TB patients place on the healthcare system,’ she said. Can Africa mount a prevention campaign successful enough to avert an epidemic of Western proportions? The far-fetched, last minute intervention, presumably by the hand of God, that averts tragedy from striking the family sits uncomfortably with the raw realism of the rest of the picture. Synonyms prevent, stop, avoid, nip in the bud; stave off, head off, ward off; forestall, preclude Derivatives avertable /əˈvəːtəb(ə)l/ adjective ... It isn't just the imp of the perverse that suggests that a total wipeout for Microsoft is avertable. If companies don't scan client data and an avertable disaster happens, then they could get sued by shareholders or even by the government for noncompliance with the USA Patriot Act. Daly and deaths potentially avertable are for a 20 percentage point increase in intervention coverage in a hypothetical sample population of 1 million. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'divert or deter someone from a place or a course of action'): from Latin avertere, from ab- 'from' + vertere 'to turn'; reinforced by Old French avertir. Rhymes advert, alert, animadvert, assert, Bert, blurt, Burt, cert, chert, concert, controvert, convert, curt, desert, dessert, dirt, divert, exert, flirt, girt, hurt, inert, insert, introvert, Kurt, malapert, overt, pert, quirt, shirt, skirt, spirt, spurt, squirt, Sturt, subvert, vert, wort, yurt
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avert

Derivatives

avertable

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