解释
- vt. 避免,防止;转移
※ 提供单词"avert"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照,中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
avert 避免
前缀a-同ab-, 从,从...离开。词根vert, 转,见convert, 皈依。
英文词源
- avert (v.)
- c. 1400, from Old French avertir (12c.), "turn, direct; avert; make aware," from Vulgar Latin *advertire, from Latin avertere "to turn away, to drive away," from ab- "from, away" (see ab-) + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Related: Averted; averting.
例句和用法
- 1. He managed to avert suspicion.
- 他设法避嫌.
- 2. When someone tells a lie, he will usually avert his eyes.
- avert:一个人说谎时往往会转移他的眼神.
- 3. Efforts are being made to avert war and find a diplomatic solution.
- 各方正在为避免战争、寻求外交解决途径而作出积极的努力。
- 4. I would do what I could to avert it.
- 我会尽力去避免发生这种情况.
- 5. They discovered the danger in time, and made shift to avert it.
- 他们及时地发现了这个危险, 连忙设法挽救过来.
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