averting

英 [əˈvɜːtɪŋ]

美 [əˈvɜːrtɪŋ]

v.  防止，避免(危险、坏事); 转移目光; 背过脸
avert的现在分词

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。

英英释义

noun

• the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away
  1. averting her gaze meant that she was angry
  Synonym:aversion
• the act of preventing something from occurring
  1. averting danger was his responsibility

双语例句

• Show finesse in averting a threatened strike Combustion within the populace slowly built up to the point of revolution.
  在避免一触即发的罢工中显示出深谋大略群众的愤怒已到了一触即发来革命的程度。
• He was leaning away from me, sitting on the extreme edge of his chair and averting his face.
  他倾向远离我的那一侧，坐到了椅子的最边缘，脸也扭到了另一边。
• These results underscore the value of rescue medications in averting psychotic relapse.
  这些结果显示了救护性治疗对避免精神病复发的价值。
• The Chinese government has issued constitutional laws and statutes on disposal of infectious waste for averting pollution.
  为此，我国制定了关于感染性废弃物处理的法律、法规，以避免污染实验室或环境。
• Rather than averting the inevitable in Greece, the urgent task now is to stop contagion spreading to Italy, Spain or Belgium.
  目前的紧急要务是阻止危机蔓延至意大利、西班牙或比利时，而不是避免希腊不可避免的违约。
• Averting the disruptive extremes of boom and bust can help bring about long-term growth.
  避开具破坏性的极端景气高低，将有益于长期的经济成长。
• There seemed to be no way of averting the oncoming crisis.
  似乎没有办法避开即将到来的危机。
• Show finesse in averting a threatened strike.
  在避免一触即发的罢工中显示出深谋大略。
• The age of deterrence is now the age of control, averting catastrophe fron weapons of mass destruction.
  控制了这个时代，就如同用军事力量威胁着这个时代，但同时也能防止大规模杀伤性武器带来的灾难。
• No man can sever the bonds that unite him to his society simply by averting his eyes.
  没有人可以因为他自己视线的转移而轻易切断他与社会的关联。