PERSUADEto stop someone from doing something, by making them realize it will be difficult or have bad results 〔通过让对方意识到做某事会有困难或坏结果而〕制止,吓住〔某人〕 → deterrent
The company’s financial difficulties have deterred potential investors.
该公司的财务困境令潜在的投资者望而却步。
deter somebody from (doing) something
The security camera was installed to deter people from stealing.
安装监控摄像机来防止偷窃。
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In everyday English, people usually say put someone off rather than deter someone: 在日常英语中,人们一般说 put someone off ,而不说 deter someone
ADVERB | VERB + DETER | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤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。