averting

英 [əˈvɜːtɪŋ]

美 [əˈvɜːrtɪŋ]

v.  防止，避免(危险、坏事); 转移目光; 背过脸
avert的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 避免;阻止;防止
  If youavertsomething unpleasant, you prevent it from happening.
  1. Talks with the teachers' union over the weekend have averted a strike...
     周末与教师工会举行的谈判避免了一场罢工。
  2. A fresh tragedy was narrowly averted yesterday.
     昨天险些酿成一场新的悲剧。
• VERB 转移（目光等）
  If youavertyour eyes or gazefromsomeone or something, you look away from them.
  1. He avoids any eye contact, quickly averting his gaze when anyone approaches...
     他避免任何眼神接触，一有人靠近就把目光迅速移开。
  2. He kept his eyes averted.
     他的眼睛滴溜溜乱转。

英英释义

noun

• the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away
  1. averting her gaze meant that she was angry
  Synonym:aversion
• the act of preventing something from occurring
  1. averting danger was his responsibility

双语例句

• The policy prescriptions offered for averting this threat are both absurd and chilling.
  为消除这种威胁，他提出的政策建议荒谬且可怕。
• The Chinese government has issued constitutional laws and statutes on disposal of infectious waste for averting pollution.
  为此，我国制定了关于感染性废弃物处理的法律、法规，以避免污染实验室或环境。
• Averting the disruptive extremes of boom and bust can help bring about long-term growth.
  避开具破坏性的极端景气高低，将有益于长期的经济成长。
• CIT Group, the big US lender, gave greater reason for hope by averting bankruptcy in a private sector deal with no fresh government money a change from the recent script.
  美国大型贷款机构CIT集团带来了更多抱以希望的理由，该集团通过一宗私人部门交易，无需额外政府资金就避免了破产命运，这改写了近来的纾困脚本。
• The move, which is aimed at averting a wave of defaults that could have dealt a harsh blow to the Chinese economy, provides detail on how a plan, reported in the financial times last month, will be implemented.
  该指导意见为一份计划（见英国《金融时报》上个月的报道）制定了详细的执行方法，旨在防止可能沉重打击中国经济的违约潮发生。
• Averting danger was his responsibility.
  危险的转移是他的职责。
• Duty of averting or minimizing losses
  防止和减轻损失的义务
• Show finesse in averting a threatened strike.
  在避免一触即发的罢工中显示出深谋大略。
• The age of deterrence is now the age of control, averting catastrophe fron weapons of mass destruction.
  控制了这个时代，就如同用军事力量威胁着这个时代，但同时也能防止大规模杀伤性武器带来的灾难。
• Policymakers can take some comfort in the relative stability of Japan's financial system compared with global fears and apparent success in averting a credit crunch that would add to the troubles of the business sector.
  相对于全球担忧而言，日本金融体系相对稳定，同时日本显然成功避免了信贷紧缩（这将加剧企业界的困境），决策者可以为此感到宽慰。