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avert vt.转开；避免；防止 (1) 这下轮到斯科特移开他注视的目光了。(2) 政府没有能够避免这场全国性的罢工。(3) 他设法避嫌。(4) 将为此湖筑堤以防洪水。 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.

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英 [ə'vɜːt] 美 [ə'vɜːrt] (1) It was Scott's turn to avert his gaze.(2) The government has failed to avert a national strike.(3) He managed to avert suspicion.(4) The lake will be dyked to avert floods. To avert is to turn away or to prevent. You might avert your gaze or avert a disaster — either way, you are avoiding something. 1[VERB 动词]避免；阻止；防止 If you avert something unpleasant, you prevent it from happening.   [V n]Talks with the teachers' union over the weekend have averted a strike...周末与教师工会举行的谈判避免了一场罢工。A fresh tragedy was narrowly averted yesterday.昨天险些酿成一场新的悲剧。2[VERB 动词]转移（目光等） If you avert your eyes or gaze from someone or something, you look away from them.   [V n]  [V-ed]  [Also V n from n]He avoids any eye contact, quickly averting his gaze when anyone approaches...他避免任何眼神接触，一有人靠近就把目光迅速移开。He kept his eyes averted.他的眼睛滴溜溜乱转。

英语单词	avert
英美音标	英 [ə'vɜːt] 美 [ə'vɜːrt]
中文释义	vt.转开；避免；防止
英语例句	(1) It was Scott's turn to avert his gaze. (2) The government has failed to avert a national strike. (3) He managed to avert suspicion. (4) The lake will be dyked to avert floods.
中文例句	(1) 这下轮到斯科特移开他注视的目光了。 (2) 政府没有能够避免这场全国性的罢工。 (3) 他设法避嫌。 (4) 将为此湖筑堤以防洪水。
vocabulary简明	To avert is to turn away or to prevent. You might avert your gaze or avert a disaster — either way, you are avoiding something.
vocabulary扩展	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.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]避免；阻止；防止 If you avert something unpleasant, you prevent it from happening. [V n] Talks with the teachers' union over the weekend have averted a strike... 周末与教师工会举行的谈判避免了一场罢工。 A fresh tragedy was narrowly averted yesterday. 昨天险些酿成一场新的悲剧。 2 [VERB 动词]转移（目光等） If you avert your eyes or gaze from someone or something, you look away from them. [V n] [V-ed] [Also V n from n] He avoids any eye contact, quickly averting his gaze when anyone approaches... 他避免任何眼神接触，一有人靠近就把目光迅速移开。 He kept his eyes averted. 他的眼睛滴溜溜乱转。

Avert Turn Gaze N Happening Verb 动词 [V