averts
v. 防止,避免( avert的第三人稱單數 ); 轉移
If you avert something unpleasant, you prevent it from happening.
Talks with the teachers' union over the weekend have averted a strike...
週末與教師工會舉行的談判避免了一場罷工。
A fresh tragedy was narrowly averted yesterday.
昨天險些釀成一場新的悲劇。
If you avert your eyes or gaze from someone or something, you look away from them.
He avoids any eye contact, quickly averting his gaze when anyone approaches...
他避免任何眼神接觸,一有人靠近就把目光迅速移開。
He kept his eyes averted.
他的眼睛滴溜溜亂轉。
Cautious speech averts eavesdropping . Cautious behavior arrests gossip.
若欲杜人之口,莫若自己謹言;若欲塞人之耳,莫若自己慎行.
A gift in secret averts anger; and a concealed bribe in the bosom , strong wrath.
暗中送的禮物,挽回怒氣; 懷中搋的賄賂, 止息暴怒.