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

• 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。
• 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。
• He averted his eyes from the scene of the accident.
  他转移目光不再看事故现场。
• The accident might have been averted if proper procedures had been followed.
  如果能及时采取适当的措施，事故也可能避免。
• She averted her eyes from the picture.
  她转移目光不再看那幅画。
• 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。
• 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。
• A fresh tragedy was narrowly averted yesterday.
  昨天险些酿成一场新的悲剧。
• 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。
• You hear this phrase often used to suggest a disaster had been averted.
  你挺这个短语常用来表示“不好的事被避开了”。