deter

美音:[dɪ'tɜr] 英音:[dɪ'tɜː(r)]

简单释义:


v.阻止;制止;威慑;使不敢

网络吓住;妨碍;防止

变形:

过去分词:deterred  现在分词:deterring  第三人称单数:deters  


完整释义:


v.

1.防止,阻止,制止,使不敢,使踌躇
2.阻碍,阻挡,妨碍,阻妨
3.难住,阻力,使…踌躇不前
4.不敢,吓住,吓唬,吓倒
5.威慑;吓住
6.就此罢休


例句:

  1. Cameron argues that the original 161-minute running time did not deter people from wanting to see more.
    柯麦隆说,原本161分钟的阿凡达,并没有让观众吓到而让他们不想看更长的版本。

  2. The security incidents that have occurred have "failed to deter the determination" of those Iraqis who were eligible to vote early, he said.
    克劳利说,已经发生的几起安全事件并没有动摇那些有资格提前投票的伊拉克选民的决心。

  3. Firms may also choose to maintain excess capacity as a part of a deliberate strategy to deter or prevent entry of new firms.
    企业也可以选择维持过剩产能作为其有意阻止或妨碍新企业进入的策略的一部分。

  4. Generally, the administration is trying to encourage Chinese investment, not deter it.
    一般来说,美国政府是设法鼓励中国来美投资的,而不是横加制止。

  5. Failure did not deter him from trying again.
    失败并没有阻止他再度尝试。

  6. The system for visa applicants often appears to have been designed to deter, rather than enable, travel to the west.
    申请签证的体系看起来就是在故意拖延,而不是允许他们到西边去。

  7. A woman in Soweto gazes past a length of lace draped to dry on razor wire set up to deter criminals.
    用来阻止罪犯的铁丝网上晾着一条长围巾。一名索维托妇女在向远处眺望。

  8. Also, as a woman, having a bunch of men knowing you're a clinical nympho probably doesn't help deter unwanted sexual advances.
    而且作为一个女人,有一大帮男人知道你是一个临床花癫患者,可能对阻止一些意想不到的性发展没有好处。

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