单词 | deterring |
释义 | deterringn. The action of hindering through fear. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > [noun] > deterring deterring1642 determent1646 deterrence1861 warning1977 the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > [noun] > action of deterring or restraining deterring1642 determent1646 deterrence1861 1642 in Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion (1702) I. iv. 315 The deterring of others from discharging their Duties. 1648 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia i. x. §1 (R.) The deterrings and disabuses appeare together with the delectations. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online January 2018). deterringadj. That deters; that keeps off through fear. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > [adjective] > deterrent deterring1638 deterrent1829 punitive1907 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 323 A new deterring name, of Kill abundance. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 12 The internal parts of the country are still more desolate and deterring. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch IV. viii. lxxiii. 188 Their highest qualities can only cast a deterring shadow over the objects. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1642adj.1638 |
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