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

单词

avert

释义

averse /ə-vûrsˈ/

adjective

Disinclined (with to or sometimes pedantically from)
Reluctant
Turned away or backward (obsolete)
Turned away from the main axis (botany)

ORIGIN: L āvertere, āversus, from ab from, and vertere to turn

averseˈly adverb

averseˈness noun

averˈsion noun

Turning aside
Dislike
Hatred
The object of dislike

averˈsive adjective

Showing aversion
With the purpose, or result, of averting

avertˈ transitive verb

To turn aside
To prevent
To ward off

avertˈed adjective

avertˈedly adverb

avertˈible or (rare) avertˈable adjective

Capable of being averted

aversion therapy noun

Treatment of a person suffering from an undesirable habit or a compulsive form of behaviour by associating his or her thoughts about it with something unpleasant such as the administration of an electric shock

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