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 war was averted by skilful negotiation.
  巧妙的谈判避免了一场战争。
• 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。
• Many promotional errors could have been averted had this warning been heeded.
  如果注意到这一点，许多推销中的差错本来是可以避免的。
• There seems no possibility that such action can be averted
  此类行为似乎无法避免。
• Just before Christmas, the airline averted another strike threat by cabin crew over its medical insurance policy.
  就在圣诞节前，该公司刚刚避免了又一起机组人员因公司医疗保险政策而威胁发起的罢工。
• He kept his eyes averted.
  他的眼睛滴溜溜乱转。
• 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。
• In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, China launched a massive stimulus plan and largely averted a recession.
  2008年金融危机爆发后，中国推出了一个庞大的经济刺激计划，基本上避免了经济衰退。
• A fresh tragedy was narrowly averted yesterday.
  昨天险些酿成一场新的悲剧。
• Many stepped on the gas and averted their own gaze and their children's.
  许多人都是一踩油门加速驶过，转移了自己的目光，也让自己的孩子不要去看。