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Averting Meaning in English

word · lemma: avert

əˈvɝtɪŋ
uh-VURT-ing
ɐvˈɜːtɪŋ
uh-VURT-ing

释义

Preventing something bad from happening, or turning away from something (especially your eyes or face).

用法与细微差别

Often formal or written. Common collocations: 'averting disaster', 'averting a crisis', 'averting your gaze/eyes'. Not used for physical movement of non-gaze objects. Sometimes confused with 'avoid'—'avert' is about preventing or turning away, not just staying away.

例句

He is averting his eyes from the bright light.

basic

Doctors are working on averting a health crisis.

basic

They succeeded in averting disaster.

basic

By averting her gaze, she tried not to show her embarrassment.

natural

The government focused on averting a financial collapse.

natural

He's always averting uncomfortable conversations by changing the subject.

natural