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To stop something bad from happening, usually just in time (they managed to avert a disaster; quick thinking averted a crash). It also means to turn something away, especially your eyes — 'avert your eyes/gaze' means to look away, often because something is upsetting or private.
避免、防止;(目光)轉開、迴避
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
avertverb/əˈvɝt/
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To turn aside or away.
- I averted my eyes while my friend typed in her password.
- When atheists and profane persons do hear of so many discordant and contrary opinions in religion, it doth avert them from the church.
- 2
To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
- How can the danger be averted?
- Till ardent prayer averts the public woe.
- 3
archaicTo turn away.
- Cold and averting from our neighbour's good.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。