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

• 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。
• A fresh tragedy was narrowly averted yesterday.
  昨天险些酿成一场新的悲剧。
• 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。
• A Roosevelt in the White House from1909to1913might well have averted the disastrous rupture that occurred in1912.
  如果罗斯福1909至1913年在白宫的话，1912年发生的灾难性分裂可能会避免。
• A war was averted by skilful negotiation.
  巧妙的谈判避免了一场战争。
• But in eight months we have averted disaster and created a platform for private sector recovery: a serious achievement.
  但8个月来，我们避免了灾难，为私人部门复苏搭建了一个平台：这是一个重大的成就。
• He averted his eyes from the scene of the accident.
  他转移目光不再看事故现场。
• She averted her eyes from the picture.
  她转移目光不再看那幅画。
• We averted Depression in 2008/ 2009 by acting decisively.
  我们在2008-09年采取果断措施，避免了萧条。
• There seems no possibility that such action can be averted
  此类行为似乎无法避免。