deterring
v. 阻止,制止( deter的現在分詞 )
To deter someone from doing something means to make them not want to do it or continue doing it.
Supporters of the death penalty argue that it would deter criminals from carrying guns...
死刑的支持者認為它能阻嚇罪犯攜帶槍支。
Arrests and jail sentences have done nothing to deter the protesters...
逮捕和監禁都沒能嚇倒抗議者。
Can anyone suggest a method of deterring spiders which is ecologically sound?
有人能想出一種不會破壞生態環境而又能夠趕跑蜘蛛的辦法嗎?
However, investors say are a number of issues deterring business.
然而, 投資者表示,有很多問題讓他們卻步.
It's an effective way of deterring potential does online, the logic goes.
邏輯上這是抑制潛線上上威脅的有效方法.
The police simply seem to be doing a better job of deterring lawlessness.
警察在預防犯罪方面看來做的比過去好很多.