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

• Accident can be averted by careful driving.
  谨慎行车可以避免事故。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Disaster was averted when the pilot took action to stop the plane from crashing.
  飞行员采取行动使飞机没有坠毁，避免了大难。
• The relief policy had averted starvation, no doubt, but suicide, personal quarrel, unhappy homes.
  救济政策无疑缓解了饥饿，但却不能阻止厌世自杀、互相争吵、家庭不和。
• A fresh tragedy was narrowly averted yesterday.
  昨天险些酿成一场新的悲剧。
• 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。
• He kept his eyes averted.
  他的眼睛滴溜溜乱转。
• The fact that GM averted a potentially costly strike also buoyed investors.
  通用汽车避免了一场有可能付出极大代价的罢工也让投资者感到欣喜。