单词 | averting |
释义 | averting (once / 5878 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY avert: aversion, avertable, averted, averting, averts+/aversion: aversions USAGE EXAMPLESIn 1946, President Harry S. Truman brokered an agreement to guarantee miners’ lifetime health and retirement benefits, averting a lengthy strike. Seattle Times(Dec 07, 2016) Two and a half years ago, Kirchuk decided to stop averting his gaze. The New Yorker(Oct 25, 2016) The Burlington School Board and union representing teachers in Vermont’s largest city are meeting for last ditch negotiations in hope of averting a teachers’ strike. Washington Times(Oct 19, 2016) 1 n the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away 2averting her gaze meant that she was angry Syn|Hyper aversion avoidance, dodging, shunning, turning away deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening n the act of preventing something from occurring averting danger was his responsibility Hyper bar, prevention the act of preventing |
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