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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5976 COCA: 6645

deter

Word family 
de·ter /dɪˈtɜː $ -ˈtɜːr/ ●○○ verb (deterred, deterring) [transitiveT]
PERSUADEto stop someone from doing something, by making them realize it will be difficult or have bad results 〔通過讓對方意識到做某事會有困難或壞結果而〕制止，嚇住〔某人〕 → deterrent
The company’s financial difficulties have deterred potential investors.
該公司的財務困境令潛在的投資者望而卻步。
deter somebody from (doing) something
The security camera was installed to deter people from stealing.
安裝監控攝像機來防止偷竊。
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In everyday English, people usually say put someone off rather than deter someone: 在日常英語中,人們一般說 put someone off ,而不說 deter someone
Don’t let a few problems put you off.
不要讓幾個問題嚇倒你。
Examples from the Corpus
deter• This path isolates me well from casual visitors, but true friends are not deterred.• The unpleasant taste the drug produces is used to deter alcoholics from drinking.• But true salesmen are unlikely to be deterred by mere realism.• Neither was deterred by the fact that the inevitable visceral animus they are fueling among voters has five more months to fester.• The new alarm system should deter car thieves.• It is not clear whether the death penalty deters crime.• Furthermore, there is great danger that people from such backgrounds will be deterred from applying for educational courses in the future.• Their very oddity deterred him from doing so.• Punitive damages are designed to punish and deter misconduct.• Set too low, it would do little to deter speculation in the event of a crisis.• After all, how can it deter when few are noticing?
deter somebody from (doing) something• This can deter your reference from answering. 4.• Every time we deter one person from becoming a criminal, we will save the taxpayers thousands of dollars.• Reviews instances in which the Agency's activities have complicated matters or deterred developers from going ahead.• But your job is not to deter people from having meetings, merely to ensure that the necessary ones are fully productive.• But he did not let such hardship deter him from his dreams.• Nothing shall deter him from killing the White Whale.• His mood also deterred him from ringing Dottie Banks.• Planning may also deter purchasers from undertaking opportunistic acquisitions for short term motives without regard to long term strategic aims.
Origin deter
(1500-1600) Latin deterrere, from terrere “to frighten”
de·ter verb →REGISTER1
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5976 COCA: 6645
deter

verb

ADVERB | VERB + DETER | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤hardly不大能威懾住◇Her words of warning would hardly deter him.她的警告很難嚇住他。➤effectively有效地威懾住◇Will this harsher punishment effectively deter criminals?這種更嚴厲的懲罰能有效威懾罪犯嗎 ?➤easily輕易嚇住VERB + DETER➤be likely to, be unlikely to很可能／不太可能嚇住▸➤be enough to, be sufficient to足以威懾▸➤attempt to試圖威懾▸➤be designed to旨在威懾▸➤do little to, do nothing to對⋯幾乎沒有威懾作用；對⋯沒有威懾作用◇The present system does little to deter corporate crime.目前的體制對於法人犯罪沒有什麼威懾作用。PREPOSITION➤from有礙於⋯◇These new rules are likely to deter people from coming forward for help.新規則很可能阻礙人們尋求幫助。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5976 COCA: 6645
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5976 COCA: 6645

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