avert

Word family adverbaverselyavertedlynounaversenessaversionadjectiveaversiveavertedavertibleaverseverbavert

a·vert /əˈvɜːt $ -ɜːrt/ verb [transitiveT]

1 PREVENTto prevent something unpleasant from happening 防止，避免〔不快之事〕

The tragedy could have been averted if the crew had followed safety procedures.

如果乘务人员按照安全规则操作，这场悲剧是可以避免的。

2 avert your eyes/gaze etc LOOK AFTER somebodyto look away from something so that you do not see it 转移目光

Henry averted his eyes as she undressed.

她脱衣服的时候，亨利把目光转向别处。

Examples from the Corpus

avert your eyes/gaze etc• Art, it seems, is the perpetual recidivist, always ducking back into the aesthetic as soon as vigilant life averts its gaze.• I wish I had power, just power enough to avert my eyes.• I averted my gaze and felt uncomfortable.• Sometimes Fate tiptoes discreetly at the margins of our lives, averting her eyes and keeping her distance.• I averted my eyes from her.• He stepped into the aisle, averting his eyes from the altar.• In it the artist portrays a disheveled thirty-one-year-old Morisot averting her gaze from the viewer.• They avert their eyes when they pass her in the hall.

Examples from the Corpus

avert• The information had reached Adamowski and, if it were true, there was no way a scandal could be averted.• The answer may be one or both of these and only a careful rescue package can avert a total disaster.• It may already be too late to avert another disaster.• Fears of large-scale coastal flooding were averted as the fierce winds shifted at the last minute.• And in response, I promise you that we shall do our best to avert it, or at least contain it.• I avert my eyes and wish I were them.• I averted my gaze, taking in a deep breath then just to prove I could.• Talks will be held today in a final attempt to avert strike action.• Using an "automatic train stop" could have averted the disaster.• A pair of University students passing by hastily averted their faces to hide their giggles.• Another world crisis averted through the high art of diplomacy.

Origin avert

(1300-1400) Old French avertir, from Latin avertere, from ad- “to” + vertere “to turn”

单词	avert
释义	avert Word family adverbaverselyavertedlynounaversenessaversionadjectiveaversiveavertedavertibleaverseverbavert a·vert /əˈvɜːt $ -ɜːrt/ ●○○ verb [transitiveT] 1 PREVENTto prevent something unpleasant from happening 防止，避免〔不快之事〕 The tragedy could have been averted if the crew had followed safety procedures. 如果乘务人员按照安全规则操作，这场悲剧是可以避免的。 2 avert your eyes/gaze etc LOOK AFTER somebodyto look away from something so that you do not see it 转移目光 Henry averted his eyes as she undressed. 她脱衣服的时候，亨利把目光转向别处。 Examples from the Corpus avert your eyes/gaze etc• Art, it seems, is the perpetual recidivist, always ducking back into the aesthetic as soon as vigilant life averts its gaze.• I wish I had power, just power enough to avert my eyes.• I averted my gaze and felt uncomfortable.• Sometimes Fate tiptoes discreetly at the margins of our lives, averting her eyes and keeping her distance.• I averted my eyes from her.• He stepped into the aisle, averting his eyes from the altar.• In it the artist portrays a disheveled thirty-one-year-old Morisot averting her gaze from the viewer.• They avert their eyes when they pass her in the hall. Examples from the Corpus avert• The information had reached Adamowski and, if it were true, there was no way a scandal could be averted.• The answer may be one or both of these and only a careful rescue package can avert a total disaster.• It may already be too late to avert another disaster.• Fears of large-scale coastal flooding were averted as the fierce winds shifted at the last minute.• And in response, I promise you that we shall do our best to avert it, or at least contain it.• I avert my eyes and wish I were them.• I averted my gaze, taking in a deep breath then just to prove I could.• Talks will be held today in a final attempt to avert strike action.• Using an "automatic train stop" could have averted the disaster.• A pair of University students passing by hastily averted their faces to hide their giggles.• Another world crisis averted through the high art of diplomacy. Origin avert (1300-1400) Old French avertir, from Latin avertere, from ad- “to” + vertere “to turn”
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