avert 音标拼音: [əv'ɚt]
vt . 转开,避免,防止
转开,避免,防止
avert v 1 :
prevent the occurrence of ;
prevent from happening ; "
Let '
s avoid a confrontation "; "
head off a confrontation "; "
avert a strike " [
synonym : {
debar }, {
forefend }, {
forfend }, {
obviate },
{
deflect }, {
avert }, {
head off }, {
stave off }, {
fend off },
{
avoid }, {
ward off }]
2 :
turn away or aside ; "
They averted their eyes when the King entered " [
synonym : {
avert }, {
turn away }]
Avert \
A *
vert "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Averted };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Averting }.] [
L .
avertere ;
a ,
ab vertere to turn :
cf .
OF .
avertir .
See {
Verse },
n .]
To turn aside ,
or away ;
as ,
to avert the eyes from an object ;
to ward off ,
or prevent ,
the occurrence or effects of ;
as ,
how can the danger be averted ? "
To avert his ire ." --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
When atheists and profane persons do hear of so many discordant and contrary opinions in religion ,
it doth avert them from the church . --
Bacon .
[
1913 Webster ]
Till ardent prayer averts the public woe . --
Prior .
[
1913 Webster ]
Avert \
A *
vert "\,
v .
i .
To turn away . [
Archaic ]
[
1913 Webster ]
Cold and averting from our neighbor '
s good . --
Thomson .
[
1913 Webster ]
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "
avert ":
about -
face ,
anticipate ,
balk ,
bar ,
bear off ,
check ,
debar ,
deflect ,
deter ,
discourage ,
dishearten ,
divert ,
draw aside ,
ease off ,
edge off ,
estop ,
exclude ,
face about ,
fend ,
fend off ,
fly off ,
foil ,
forbid ,
foreclose ,
forestall ,
frustrate ,
gee ,
glance ,
glance off ,
go off ,
halt ,
haw ,
head off ,
help ,
jib ,
keep from ,
keep off ,
make way for ,
move aside ,
obviate ,
pivot ,
preclude ,
prevent ,
prohibit ,
remove ,
repel ,
right -
about -
face ,
rule out ,
save ,
sheer ,
sheer off ,
shove aside ,
shunt ,
shy ,
shy off ,
side ,
sidestep ,
sidetrack ,
sidle ,
stave off ,
stay ,
steer clear of ,
step aside ,
stop ,
switch ,
thwart ,
transfer ,
turn aside ,
turn away ,
turn back ,
veer ,
veer off ,
volte -
face ,
ward ,
ward off ,
wheel ,
whip ,
whirl
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