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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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- AVERT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of AVERT is to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc ) in avoidance How to use avert in a sentence
- AVERT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
AVERT definition: 1 to prevent something bad from happening: 2 to turn away your eyes or thoughts: 3 to prevent… Learn more
- AVERT Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Avert definition: to turn away or aside See examples of AVERT used in a sentence
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Definition of avert verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- Avert - definition of avert by The Free Dictionary
1 to turn away or aside: to avert one's gaze 2 to ward off; prevent from occurring: to avert danger
- Avert Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
AVERT meaning: 1 : to turn (your eyes, gaze, etc ) away or aside; 2 : to prevent (something bad) from happening
- AVERT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
AVERT meaning: 1 to prevent something bad from happening: 2 to turn away your eyes or thoughts: 3 to prevent… Learn more
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- avert - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025 a•vert (ə vûrt′), v t to turn away or aside: to avert one's eyes to ward off; prevent: to avert evil; to avert an accident
- avert - Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
avert meaning, definition, what is avert: to prevent something unpleasant from hap : Learn more
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