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Avert Turn Latin ə'Və:T V.避免,防止 英 V.避免 防止(Ward

单词 avert
音标 [ə'və:t]
解释 v.避免,防止
红宝书 【英】 v.避免, 防止(ward off; prevent);避开(to turn away)
【记】 a+vert(转)→转开→ 避免
【同】 同根词: divert(转向); introvert(内向)
【例】 avert one's eyes. avert the disaster.
字源 avert (v.)
c.1400, from Old French avertir (12c.), "turn, direct; avert; make aware," from Vulgar Latin *advertire, from Latin avertere "to turn away, to drive away," from ab- "from, away" (see ab-) + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Related: Averted; averting.
不择手段背单词 v. 避免, 防止(某事的发生); 转移(目光、思想等)
【例】avert one'apos;s glance from sth 避而不看某物Accidents can be averted by careful driving 谨慎驾驶可避免发生事故.
【根】a一再, vert转-一再转头-避免
【参】divert(v 转向); introvert(n 内向的人)
趣味全助记 【记】vert: turn 转移; 同avoid;advert 转移注意力至; advertisement 广告就是将人们注意力吸引转移它那去的
【相关】advert转移注意去留意,avert转移,divert转向,evert外转,extrovert性格外向,introvert内向,interconvert 互转,invert向里转,pervert向破,坏的方向转→反常,revert回转→回复;subvert从底下转→推翻

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