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avert 【avert】v.避免；防止The driver averted an accident by a quick turn of the steering wheel.那司机将方向盘急转，避免了一次意外。

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[ə'vɜːrt] 
avertturn away or aside
To avert is to turn away or to prevent. You might avert your gaze or avert a disaster — either way, you are avoiding something.
The verb avert comes from Latin roots that mean "to turn away from." Averting has that sense of deflecting, turning away, or preventing something (usually bad) from happening. You might put salt on an icy sidewalk to avert accidents, or you might avert a toddler's meltdown by supplying a lollipop.
All forms of 'avert' will appear on average once every 338 pages.aversionavertavertableaverting

Front	avert
Pron	[ə'vɜːrt]
Back	【avert】 v.避免；防止 The driver averted an accident by a quick turn of the steering wheel. 那司机将方向盘急转，避免了一次意外。
Vocab	avertturn away or aside To avert is to turn away or to prevent. You might avert your gaze or avert a disaster — either way, you are avoiding something. The verb avert comes from Latin roots that mean "to turn away from." Averting has that sense of deflecting, turning away, or preventing something (usually bad) from happening. You might put salt on an icy sidewalk to avert accidents, or you might avert a toddler's meltdown by supplying a lollipop. All forms of 'avert' will appear on average once every 338 pages. aversion avert avertable averting

Avert Turn ə'Vɜːrt V.避免；防止 Driver Averted Accident Quick