英语释义

1. to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance
I found the sight so grotesque that I had to avert my eyes …
— John Gregory Dunne

2. to see coming and ward off avoid
avert disaster

3. to turn (your eyes, gaze, etc.) away or aside

4. to prevent (something bad) from happening

5. to turn away
When asked if he had lied, he averted his eyes.

6. to keep from happening
avert disaster

片语

to pray disasters be averted祈福禳灾

metastasizing转移（metastasize的ing形式）

parallel-averted photography[摄]

shunned避免；躲开（shun的过去分词）

averted expenditure approach预防性支出法

right averted photography右偏摄影

transferred转移的（transfer过去式）；转让的；调动的

英汉例句

• 「What we found at the most basic level is that people like faces with direct gaze more than they like the same faces with averted gaze,」 said Dr Jones.

  琼斯博士说：「我们最根本的发现是对于同一张脸，人们更喜欢直视的目光而非转移的目光。」

• Epidemiological modelling consistently shows that more deaths can be averted with a comprehensive response including both prevention and treatment, than by focusing on treatment or prevention alone.

  流行病学模型不断表明，采用包括预防和治疗，然后仅侧重于治疗或预防的综合应对能够避免更多的死亡。

• During the financial crisis, only energetic arm-twisting and deep-pocketed IMF and EU support averted a meltdown of the economy.

  在金融危机期间，只有财大气粗的国际货币基金组织和欧盟为避免经济崩溃的国家提供支持。

• Police in the northern state of Assam have averted a repeat of the Mumbai blasts in Baska district near the capital Guwahati.

  阿萨姆邦北部的警察避免了孟买爆炸事件在首府高哈蒂附近的巴斯卡地区重现。

• Roubini argues that the Fed's actions averted catastrophe, though he says he believes that future bailouts should focus on mortgage owners, not investors.

  洛比尼声称，美联储的行动避免了灾难的发生。但是他认为，未来的紧急救助措施应该针对抵押贷款拥有者，而不是投资者。

• The notion that dangerous climate change can be averted for a mere 1% of global GDP depends on policy being efficient.

  气候变化所带来的严峻恶果只需花全球GDP的1%即可避免，这种理念基于一个有效的政策。

• Stronger European nations averted an immediate implosion only by providing Greece and Ireland with emergency credit lines, letting them bypass private markets for the time being.

  强大的欧洲国家只有通过向希腊和爱尔兰提供紧急信贷，让这些国家暂时绕开私营市场，这样才避免了内爆的立刻发生。

• The notion that dangerous climate change can be averted for a mere 1% of global GDP depends on policy being efficient.

  仅花费全球GDP的1%就可以避免危险的气候变化，这个理念的基础是政策必须有效；

• Many startup crises can be averted by seeking expert guidance in the planning stages, long before leases are signed or business CARDS are printed.

  其实很多初创公司在签订租约或者印制名片以前，通过在策划阶段寻找专家的指导就可以避免创业初期的危机。

• The American rescues averted catastrophe, but they—along with continued European subsidies—have exacerbated the overcapacity that has dogged the sector for years.

  美国政府的援救避免了灾难，但这些援救（与持续不断的欧盟补贴一道）加剧了已经困扰汽车制造工业多年的产能过剩。

• The Fed had studied Japan extensively, and believed that the Bank of Japan could have averted the lost decade if it had reacted very aggressively early on.

  美联储曾经大规模地研究日本，并相信日本银行如果能在早期就反应迅猛，那么应该能够避免消失的十年。

• Until recently, the ministers thought they had averted imminent catastrophe.

  直至最近，部长们认为他们避免了迫在眉睫的灾难。

• Aggressive monetary policy and deficit spending have, for the time being, averted that danger.

  激进的货币政策和赤字开支暂时避免了这种危险。

• That choice might produce new problems in due course—a topic for another essay—but it appears to have averted a systemic breakdown.

  也许过不了多久，它们的过度反应会带来一些新的问题——这是另一篇文章里要说的事——但至少看上去是避免了一场系统性的崩溃。

• In 2003 alone, immunization averted more than two million deaths.

  仅在2003年，免疫避免了200多万人死亡。

• Accidents can be averted by careful driving.

  谨慎驾驶可避免发生事故。

相似词

forestall先发制人，预先阻止；垄断，屯积；领先；占先一步

head off阻止；转移方向

help帮助；有用；招待

obviate排除；避免；消除

preclude排除；妨碍；阻止

prevent妨碍，阻止

stave off避开；延缓