deter sb from doing sth
The high cost deters many students from attending college.
高昂的费用阻止了许多学生上大学。
阻止；威慑；使不敢
deterring — present participle of deter
阻止某事发生；劝阻某人做某事；使气馁；使某人分心；制止；吓住
discourage or prevent (someone) from doing something
阻止某事发生
To prevent something from happening.
劝阻某人做某事；使气馁
To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.
使某人分心
To distract someone from something.
一般现在时
Fear deters many people from taking risks.
恐惧阻止许多人冒险。
一般过去时
The high price deterred customers.
高价吓退了顾客。
现在完成时
The new measures have deterred crime.
新措施已遏制犯罪。
现在进行时
They are deterring further attacks.
他们正在阻止进一步攻击。
注：重读闭音节，双写r再加-ed/-ing
High prices may deter some visitors from coming to the museum.
高价格可能会阻止一些游客来博物馆。
用法提示：句中的deter为动词原形，表示“阻止、使不敢”这一及物动词用法。
The security cameras deterred the thieves from entering the store.
监控摄像头吓住了小偷，使他们不敢进入商店。
用法提示：deterred是deter的过去式，表示“威慑、使不敢”的动作在过去发生。
Fear of failure should not deter you from trying something new.
对失败的恐惧不应该阻止你尝试新事物。
用法提示：deter在此为动词原形，表达“阻止某人做某事”，后接from doing结构。
The high cost deters many students from attending college.
高昂的费用阻止了许多学生上大学。
The new security measures should deter crime in the area.
新的安全措施应当能制止该地区的犯罪。
常用于被动语态，表示‘因某事而退缩’。
She was not deterred by the difficulties.
她没有被困难吓倒。
语气较弱，侧重于使人失去信心或意愿，常用于非正式场合。
较正式，强调通过劝说使某人改变主意，通常与 from + doing 连用。
语气更强，强调实际阻止发生或完成，不限于劝说。
grammar · medium
易错句子The heavy rain deterred.
正确表达The heavy rain deterred us from going out.
错误：缺少宾语。中文中“阻止”有时可省略宾语，但英语中“deter”是及物动词，必须接宾语（被阻止的人或物），常用结构为“deter sb from doing sth”。
grammar · medium
易错句子The high price deterred me to buy it.
正确表达The high price deterred me from buying it.
错误：介词误用。中文“阻止做某事”可能直译为“deter to do”，但英语中“deter”后必须接“from + 动名词”，表示阻止某人做某事。
deterrent是名词，指起威慑作用的事物；deter是动词，指制止或吓住。
dissuade侧重于通过劝说阻止，而deter侧重于通过威慑或后果吓住。
deteriorate与deter拼写相似但意思完全不同，指恶化或退化。
阻止某人做某事
The high price of the tickets deterred many people from attending the concert.
高昂的票价阻止了许多人参加音乐会。
威慑犯罪
The presence of security cameras can deter crime in public places.
安全摄像头的存在可以威慑公共场所的犯罪。
阻止袭击
The country's strong military is meant to deter potential attacks.
该国强大的军队旨在阻止潜在的攻击。
吓阻潜在者
The warning signs are intended to deter potential trespassers.
警告标志旨在吓阻潜在的闯入者。
有效威慑
Stiff penalties can effectively deter drunk driving.
严厉的处罚可以有效威慑酒后驾车。
阻止企图
The locked door deterred any attempts to enter the room.
锁上的门阻止了任何进入房间的企图。
de- (away) + ter (frighten) | 同前缀: depart, descend | 同词根: terror, terrible
威慑手段常涉及威胁
法律惩罚是常见的威慑措施
威慑通常针对犯罪行为
威慑的目的是预防
惩罚性后果能够起到威慑作用
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