单词	deter
释义	deterde‧ter /dɪˈtɜː $ -ˈtɜːr/ ●○○ verb (past tense and past participle deterred, present participle deterring) [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINdeter Origin: 1500-1600 Latin deterrere, from terrere ‘to frighten’ Verb Table VERB TABLE deter Simple Form Present I, you, we, they deter he, she, it deters Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they deterred Present perfect I, you, we, they have deterred he, she, it has deterred Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had deterred Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will deter Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have deterred Continuous Form Present I am deterring he, she, it is deterring you, we, they are deterring Past I, he, she, it was deterring you, we, they were deterring Present perfect I, you, we, they have been deterring he, she, it has been deterring Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been deterring Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be deterring Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been deterring Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES It is not clear whether the death penalty deters crime. The new alarm system should deter car thieves. The unpleasant taste the drug produces is used to deter alcoholics from drinking. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS After all, how can it deter when few are noticing? But true salesmen are unlikely to be deterred by mere realism. Furthermore, there is great danger that people from such backgrounds will be deterred from applying for educational courses in the future. Neither was deterred by the fact that the inevitable visceral animus they are fueling among voters has five more months to fester. 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. Their very oddity deterred him from doing so. This path isolates me well from casual visitors, but true friends are not deterred. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto persuade someone not to do something► persuade somebody not to do something to make someone decide not to do something, by giving them reasons why they should not do it: · Catherine persuaded him not to resign.· The program hopes to persuade school children not to try smoking or drugs. ► talk somebody out of to talk to someone about something they are planning to do, and persuade them not to do it: talk somebody out of something: · I nearly cancelled the wedding, but my best friend talked me out of it.· Police officers talked a man out of a suicide jump off the bridge.talk somebody out of doing something: · Her father talked her out of studying history because he thought she would hate it. ► discourage to stop someone wanting to do something, by making them think that it will be difficult or unpleasant: · We need to discourage the use of cars for short journeys.· Leave the lights on when you're out in order to discourage burglars.discourage somebody from doing something: · Girls are sometimes discouraged from studying subjects like engineering and physics. ► put off informal to make someone lose interest in something that they want or were thinking of doing, by making it seem difficult or unpleasant: · I'm not going to be put off by his threats.put somebody off doing something: · A lot of people are put off becoming teachers by the long hours and the low pay. ► deter written to make someone decide not to do something by making them realize that it will be difficult or dangerous or will have unpleasant results: · The new alarm system should deter car thieves.deter somebody from doing something: · The unpleasant taste the drug produces is used to deter alcoholics from drinking. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► attack · The main aim of cruise missiles is to deter an attack.· Field experiments have proved that this startle display does indeed deter attacks from small birds.· I very much hope that in the future that will deter similar attacks which are a blot on our country. ► people · There were warning signs now to deter people from going farther.· But your job is not to deter people from having meetings, merely to ensure that the necessary ones are fully productive.· How far does the knowledge that the state will tax away high salaries deter people from entering high-earning and demanding jobs?· Mr Waddington believes that the death penalty would offer the public protection in deterring some people from murder.· Attempts to toughen the system by introducing a compulsory voucher system have done little to deter people.· They also said they deterred other people from visiting the town. VERB► design · The gunfire that rattled from the house was not designed to deter.· Punitive damages are designed to punish and deter misconduct. ► fail · If this fails to deter the enemy, the possum promptly drops dead.· Indeed, even colossal traffic jams, for all their cost in wasted time, have failed to deter motorists.· The snobberies of the members and officers of the club intimidate but fail to deter Anton. ► seem · None of this seems to have deterred the stallholders of central Bangkok. to stop someone from doing something, by making them realize it will be difficult or have bad results → deterrent:  The company’s financial difficulties have deterred potential investors.deter somebody from (doing) something The security camera was installed to deter people from stealing.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say put someone off rather than deter someone:· Don’t let a few problems put you off.
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