avert 

  1. 動詞
及物動詞:
防止...(危機、災難等不好的事)
避免...(危機、災難等不好的事)
避開...(危機、災難等不好的事)
把...(目光、臉、想法等)轉向別處
轉移...(目光、想法等)
avert ...(主詞: 人)'s eyes from ...(a: 不想看到的事物)/
avert ...(主詞: 人)'s gazes from ...(a: 不想看到的事物):
把目光轉離(a)
avert ...(主詞: 人)'s face from ...(a: 不想看到的事物):
把臉轉離(a)

    同義字詞
forestall,head off,help,obviate,preclude,prevent,stave off

例句

  1. Together they hoped to avert war.
  2. Only Batman Can Avert This Threat!
  3. An effort was made to avert the blow.
  4. It falls to you to avert a catastrophe.
  5. Paris and Bonn seek to avert monetary split.