Word · Frequency #7737
avert
防止；避免
核心释义
to prevent something bad or unpleasant from happening
- 1.
移开；避开。
To turn aside or away.
- 2.
防止；避免(发生或影响)。
To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
移开；转移；移开；避开。；防止；避免(发生或影响)。；转开；避免
用法In use
The quick response from the firefighters averted a major disaster.
用法提示：averted 是 avert 的过去式，表示“避免、防止”了某件坏事发生。
To avert a conflict, the two sides agreed to negotiate.
用法提示：avert 是不定式形式，作目的状语，表示“避免”冲突。
By averting her eyes from the gruesome scene, she managed to stay calm.
用法提示：averting 是现在分词形式，意为“转开（目光）”，与 her eyes 搭配。
avert + noun (disaster, crisis, danger, etc.)
avert 常与表示负面结果的名词搭配。
The quick response averted a major disaster.
迅速的回应避免了一场大灾难。
avert one's eyes/gaze from sb/sth
此用法表示因不愿看到而转移视线。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- avert disaster
- 避免灾难
- Quick action averted a major disaster.迅速行动避免了一场大灾难。
- avert crisis
- 避免危机
- The new policy helped avert an economic crisis.新政策帮助避免了经济危机。
- avert one's eyes
- 转移视线
- She averted her eyes from the gruesome scene.她把目光从那可怕的场景上移开。
- avert danger
- 避开危险
- The driver swerved to avert danger.司机急转弯以避开危险。
- avert tragedy
- 防止悲剧
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象“avert”发音像“啊卧特”，谐音“啊，我特意转开”，避免或防止了冲突。
语境与语域Context & Register
正式场合或书面语
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
The words convert, divert, invert, pervert, and revert all rhyme with 'avert' (stressed /ɜːrt/). 'Expert' is a spelling lookalike but does not rhyme due to a different vowel (/ɛ/) and initial stress.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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