英语词汇“avert”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

avertavert /əˈvɚt/ ●○○ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYavert

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French avertir, from Latin avertere, from ad- to + vertere to turn

VERB TABLE

avert

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	avert
	he, she, it	averts
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	averted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have averted
	he, she, it	has averted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had averted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will avert
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have averted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am averting
	he, she, it	is averting
	you, we, they	are averting
Past	I, he, she, it	was averting
	you, we, they	were averting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been averting
	he, she, it	has been averting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been averting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be averting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been averting

1to prevent something bad from happening: A warning system could have averted the disaster.2avert your eyes/gaze etc. to look away from something that you do not want to see [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French avertir, from Latin avertere, from ad- to + vertere to turn]