averted

英 [əˈvɜːtɪd]

美 [əˈvɜːrtɪd]

v.  防止，避免(危险、坏事); 转移目光; 背过脸
avert的过去分词和过去式

过去式：averted　

COCA.32536

柯林斯词典

• VERB 避免;阻止;防止
  If youavertsomething unpleasant, you prevent it from happening.
  1. 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。
  2. A fresh tragedy was narrowly averted yesterday.
     昨天险些酿成一场新的悲剧。
• VERB 转移（目光等）
  If youavertyour eyes or gazefromsomeone or something, you look away from them.
  1. 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。
  2. He kept his eyes averted.
     他的眼睛滴溜溜乱转。

双语例句

• A fresh tragedy was narrowly averted yesterday.
  昨天险些酿成一场新的悲剧。
• Accident can be averted by careful driving.
  谨慎行车可以避免事故。
• Had it not done so, some of the banking disasters of 2007-8 might well have been averted.
  若非如此，我们很可能可以避免2007-08年的某些银行业灾难。
• 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。
• The relief policy had averted starvation, no doubt, but suicide, personal quarrel, unhappy homes.
  救济政策无疑缓解了饥饿，但却不能阻止厌世自杀、互相争吵、家庭不和。
• This was averted only by the intervention of TPG representatives.
  正是在TPG代表的干预下才避免了这些问题。
• The good news is that the worst can still be averted.
  好消息是仍有可能避免出现最糟糕的情况。
• Regulators and politicians have tried to do some of the things that might have averted the last crisis.
  监管者和政界人士试图采取一些本可能会避免上次危机的举措。
• She averted her eyes from the picture.
  她转移目光不再看那幅画。
• In many cases, such outbreaks can be averted.
  在许多情况中，可避免此类疫情。