avert
/əˈvɜːt/verb
with obj.
1
- turn away (one's eyes or thoughts)转移（目光, 思想）。
2
- prevent or ward off (an undesirable occurrence)防止; 避免（麻烦事发生）：
talks failed to avert a rail strike.
会谈未能避免一场铁路罢工。
派生词
avertable
adjective词源
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.