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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7737 COCA: 7555

avert

Word family 
a·vert /əˈvɜːt $ -ɜːrt/ ●○○ verb [transitiveT]  
1  PREVENTto prevent something unpleasant from happening 防止，避免〔不快之事〕
 The tragedy could have been averted if the crew had followed safety procedures.
如果乘务人员按照安全规则操作，这场悲剧是可以避免的。
2  avert your eyes/gaze etc LOOK AFTER somebodyto look away from something so that you do not see it 转移目光
 Henry averted his eyes as she undressed.
她脱衣服的时候，亨利把目光转向别处。
Examples from the Corpus
avert your eyes/gaze etc• Art, it seems, is the perpetual recidivist, always ducking back into the aesthetic as soon as vigilant life averts its gaze.• I wish I had power, just power enough to avert my eyes.• I averted my gaze and felt uncomfortable.• Sometimes Fate tiptoes discreetly at the margins of our lives, averting her eyes and keeping her distance.• I averted my eyes from her.• He stepped into the aisle, averting his eyes from the altar.• In it the artist portrays a disheveled thirty-one-year-old Morisot averting her gaze from the viewer.• They avert their eyes when they pass her in the hall.
Examples from the Corpus
avert• The information had reached Adamowski and, if it were true, there was no way a scandal could be averted.• The answer may be one or both of these and only a careful rescue package can avert a total disaster.• It may already be too late to avert another disaster.• Fears of large-scale coastal flooding were averted as the fierce winds shifted at the last minute.• And in response, I promise you that we shall do our best to avert it, or at least contain it.• I avert my eyes and wish I were them.• I averted my gaze, taking in a deep breath then just to prove I could.• Talks will be held today in a final attempt to avert strike action.• Using an "automatic train stop" could have averted the disaster.• A pair of University students passing by hastily averted their faces to hide their giggles.• Another world crisis averted through the high art of diplomacy.
Origin avert
(1300-1400) Old French avertir, from Latin avertere, from ad- “to” + vertere “to turn”
a·vert verb
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7737 COCA: 7555
avert

verb¹

 1prevent sth防止ADVERB | VERB + AVERT | PHRASES ADVERB➤narrowly勉強避免◇Disaster was narrowly averted when two airliners almost collided above Detroit.兩架班機差點兒在底特律上空相撞，險些釀成大禍。VERB + AVERT➤try to試圖避免▸➤be able to, manage to能夠／得以避免◇He managed to avert the closure of the factory.他設法使工廠免於倒閉。➤fail to未能避免PHRASES➤an attempt to avert sth, an effort to avert sth避免⋯的嘗試／努力
avert

verb²

 2turn sth away把⋯轉到另一邊ADVERB | VERB + AVERT | PHRASES ADVERB➤quickly迅速轉移◇They quickly averted their faces to hide their giggles.他們迅速轉過臉去以掩飾他們的傻笑。VERB + AVERT➤try to試圖轉移PHRASES➤avert your eyes (from sth/sb), avert your gaze (from sth/sb)把目光（從⋯）移開；把凝視的目光（從⋯）移開◇He looked up, and she quickly averted her gaze.他抬起頭，她就迅速轉過眼睛看別處了。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7737 COCA: 7555
avert verb
⇨ prevent
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7737 COCA: 7555
avert
To prevent something from happening: prevent, stop, avoid...

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