1.~ sth防止,避免(危险、坏事)to prevent sth bad or dangerous from happening
A disaster was narrowly averted.及时防止了一场灾难。
He did his best to avert suspicion.他尽量避嫌。
2.~ your eyes/gaze/face (from sth)转移目光;背过脸to turn your eyes, etc. away from sth that you do not want to see
She averted her eyes from the terrible scene in front of her.她背过脸,不去看面前可怕的场面。
Retaining older staff has also been a challenge for companies trying to avert a labor crunch.
留住老职员对试图避免劳动力危机的公司来说也是个挑战。
With ammunition like this, China should be able to avert recession on technical definitions at least.
有这样的“弹药”,中国应当至少能够避免技术定义的经济衰退。
In fact, he was known to avert his eyes whenever a woman not of his family came into his view.
事实上,大家都知道,每当有不是我们家的女子出现在他的视野,他都会故意将目光回避。
Just as the rebalancing of China's economy calls for a stronger yuan, so the ability to avert bubbles requires a more flexible one.
正如重新平衡中国经济需要更强劲的人民币,防止泡沫需要的是更加灵活的汇率。
He said today that because authorities know how to respond to avert financial collapse, ``there's no question of a replay of the 1930s. ''
今天他说,因为当局知道如何防范金融体系崩溃,“1930年代的大萧条不会重演”。
But he said a 'dramatic' mobilization of resources is still needed across the world to avert a deeper global recession.
但他说,全球仍然需要动用大量资源来避免全球经济衰退加剧。
It might sound shocking, but it's true: God doesn't avert his eyes when a married couple goes to bed.
听起来可能叫人震惊,但它是真的:当一对已婚夫妇上床的时候,上帝不移开他的眼睛。
Lawmakers trying to avert the strike are calling for labor leaders to be patient.
试图避免发生罢工的议员呼吁劳工领导人要有耐心。
This grave event did not avert the personal crisis between them.
这一严重事件,并没有消除他们之间的紧张关系。
But analysts point out that, since the last serious crisis broke out in 2006, Europe has done very little to avert shortages.
但分析家指出,自2006年爆发上一次严重危机,欧洲几乎没有采取行动了来避免短缺。
The central bank decided to cut interest rates back to record lows to avert a recession and took big steps to help cash-strapped banks.
欧洲央行决定将利率下调至历史低位,以避免经济衰退,并采取重大举措帮助资金不足的银行。
He gazed at her dress, then at her hair, where a becoming hat was set jauntily, then into her eyes, which she took all occasion to avert.
他凝视着她的衣服,然后转向她的头发,头上很神气地戴着一顶合适的帽子,最后盯住了她的眼睛,她却竭力地避开他的目光。
Avert your eyes to the right side of the road and use the white line as a guide. Adjust your rearview mirror to its night setting.
不要直接注视迎面来的车灯。将目光移向路的右边,利用白线作为指南。将后视镜调整到夜间设置。
Yet it is not too late, in the eyes of many congressmen at least, to introduce elaborate new schemes to avert calamity.
然而,至少许多国会议员认为,时间还没有晚到无可救药的地步,还来得及出台深入详实的新方案使美国幸免于难。
But it is not clear they have done any of the things needed to avert the next one.
但目前尚不清楚,他们是否采取了避免下次危机所必需的举措。
It hopes a transformation like the one that China itself has achieved since the death of Mao Zedong might avert a sudden collapse.
它期待朝鲜完成一个类似中国自毛泽东去世之后完成的那种过渡来避免突然崩溃。
Mr Gerstner and Sam Palmisano, who succeeded him in 2002, also took less visible measures to avert another brush with oblivion.
2002年接替郭士纳的彭明胜和他一样,也采取了不太显眼措施来避免又一次被边缘化的威胁。
Yet his impact was no less significant: he helped to avert another revolution of the violent Bolshevik kind.
但他的影响却不可小觑:他曾帮助俄国避免了另一场布尔什维克式的暴力革命。
In a train wreck, there comes the moment when it, s no longer possible to avert disaster.
如果说这是一场火车车祸,现在已经避免不了一场灾难了。
Investors worried the new administration won't be in a position to act fast enough to avert a deep economic downturn.
投资者担心新政府难以迅速行动扭转严重的经济颓势。
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