avert
1.VERB 动词避免;阻止;防止 If you avert something unpleasant, you prevent it from happening.
【语法信息】：V n
Talks with the teachers' union over the weekend have averted a strike...
周末与教师工会举行的谈判避免了一场罢工。
A fresh tragedy was narrowly averted yesterday.
昨天险些酿成一场新的悲剧。
2.VERB 动词转移（目光等） If you avert your eyes or gaze from someone or something, you look away from them.
【语法信息】：V n
【语法信息】：V-ed
【语法信息】：Also V nfrom n
He avoids any eye contact, quickly averting his gaze when anyone approaches...
他避免任何眼神接触，一有人靠近就把目光迅速移开。
He kept his eyes averted.
他的眼睛滴溜溜乱转。
