| 单词 | avert |
| 释义 | avert (əvɜːʳt ) Word forms: averts , averting , averted 1. verb If you avert something unpleasant, you prevent it from happening. Talks with the teachers' union over the weekend have averted a strike. [VERB noun] A fresh tragedy was narrowly averted yesterday. Synonyms: ward off, avoid, prevent, frustrate 2. verb If you avert your eyes or gaze from someone or something, you look away from them. He avoids any eye contact, quickly averting his gaze when anyone approaches. [VERB noun] He kept his eyes averted. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: turn away, turn, turn aside Collocations: avert a calamity Spoiler alert: a deal will be reached to avert calamity. Times, Sunday Times He bore little blame for the government's failure to avert the calamity, but 'the nation feels there has been a disgrace,' he wrote in his autobiography. Times, Sunday Times Saints are invoked to cure diseases, and avert calamities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The country's two airports were closed for most of the day with transatlantic flights re-routed to avert the risk of engines taking in ash. Times, Sunday Times There remains only one answer to how much we should be prepared to pay to avert the risk of catastrophe: whatever it costs. Times, Sunday Times I would suggest calling your bank to avert this risk; but what are the chances of your getting through? Times, Sunday Times Talks to avert a strike over pay and conditions are in progress. The Sun But a pledge to come up with new pension proposals early next month could be too late to avert a strike. The Sun The network's operators said they were available for talks to avert the strike. Times, Sunday Times The owners of a giant oil refinery yesterday appealed for fresh talks to try to avert a strike set to hit fuel supplies across the country. Times, Sunday Times Only 113 votes cast the other way would have averted the strike. Times, Sunday Times The coping appraisal process focuses on the adaptive responses and one's ability to cope with and avert the threat. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The deal - details of which were being kept secret - averted the threat of further strikes after four days of industrial action. The Sun The company said that the quality of its buildings gave it confidence that demand for them would not diminish, thus averting any threat to rental income. Times, Sunday Times Its responsibilities are to avert danger, to maintain the public security, to render assistance, and the provision of information. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He dawdled on the ball in first-half stoppage time when a long punt clear would have averted danger. Times, Sunday Times Has emerged as a real defensive leader over the past 12 months and his calmness under pressure often averted danger. Times, Sunday Times Learn the lessons so that we avert disaster. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Investigators said only luck averted disaster each time. The Sun (2016) In a place where manners and decorum are at the absolute bottom of the priority heap, all that is really required of you is to avert disaster. The Times Literary Supplement (2012) It detailed the missed opportunities of law enforcement officials to avert disaster. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Who knows, given this show's structure, it might even avert war. Times, Sunday Times When numerous groups tried at the last minute in 1860-61 to find a compromise to avert war, they did not turn to economic policies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Together they hoped to avert war. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Forget fixing the economy by averting war. Globe and Mail The treaty averted war and increased trade, a positive outcome for both sides. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 防止 Japanese: 避ける |
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