| 词汇 | deter |
| 释义 | deter verb[ T ] uk /dɪˈtɜːr/ us /dɪˈtɝː/-rr- to prevent someone from doing something or to make someone less enthusiastic about doing something by making it difficult for that person to do it or by threatening bad results if they do it: 阻挠，阻止；威慑；使不敢 These measures are designed to deter an enemy attack.这些措施旨在阻止敌人的进攻。 deter someone from doing somethingHigh prices are deterring many young people from buying houses.高昂的价格让很多年轻人对于买房望而却步。 Synonym dissuade Opposite encourage Preventing and impeding anti-drug anti-jamming avoid avoidable avoidably fireproof flameproof guard against something hamper hang have someone/something hanging round your neckidiom head off preclusion preclusive prejudice prevent preventable scuttle smother suffocate You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Discouraging and putting off deter | American Dictionarydeter verb[ T ] us/dɪˈtɜr/-rr- to prevent or discourage someone from doing something: High prices are deterring a lot of young couples from buying houses. deterrentnoun[ C ]us/dɪˈtɜr·ənt, -ˈter-/ The company says this alarm is an effective deterrent against theft. deter | Business Englishdeter verb[ T ] uk /dɪˈtɜːr/us-rr- to prevent someone from doing something or to make someone less enthusiastic about doing something: deter sb from doing sthHigh prices deter many young people from entering the property market. People said he was foolish to start his own business, but he didn't let that deter him. Examples of deterdeter In some instances the weather deterred individuals from attending. First, the difficulty in arranging rooms for counselling sessions may have deterred practice staff from referring patients for counselling. I am afraid, however, that many potential readers will be deterred by the style of its presentation. The prospect almost certainly deterred those who shrank from so exposing their private life from seeking a public imprimatur for their personal marital failure. But this should not deter them from acquiring these volumes. However, costly signaling may also explain the role of food sharing in deterring rivals. In the latter case, the credibility of the government's commitment to low inflation will deter union militancy and increase employer resolve. I can only assume many other performers have been deterred likewise. Fear of punishment might deter labor mobility, but also motivate the guarantors, especially if they were all workers, to leave together. The discussions revealed that differences between pastoralists' and scientists' perceptions deter mined different opinions on proper calf-rearing management practices. In almost all cases, the undermined cap rock has collapsed, which presented a formidable risk factor in antiquity and has deterred us from further testing. It has been argued that kirk session discipline deterred many people from becoming church members. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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