avert

英[ə'və:t]美[ə'və:rt]

v.[T]
1.防止，避免（危险、坏事）
2.转移目光，背过脸

同：	[v.] debar, deflect, fend off, turn away

To give relief and avert calamity
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He could only avert his eyes; he had never seen such an ugly sight.
他只能避开眼去;他从未见过如此丑恶的景象。收藏
a tranquillity which.his wife's presence would have precluded(John Henry Newman.To avert is to ward off something about to happen
他妻子的出现使宁静成为不可能(约翰·亨利·纽曼)。Avert是指阻止将要发生的事情收藏
anciently used to avert evil influences;Bow of peach wood and arrow of thistle
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tried to avert a facedown between the two nations;a political facedown during the primaries.
尽量避免在这两国之间形成对峙;在初选中的政治对峙收藏

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prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
- Let's avoid a confrontation
- head off a confrontation
- avert a strike
[同] debar, deflect, fend off, head off, avert, avoid, obviate, stave off, ward off
turn away or aside
- They averted their eyes when the King entered
[同] avert, turn away

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