late Middle English (in the sense divert or deter someone from a place or a course of action): from Latin avertere, from ab-from + vertereto turn; reinforced by Old French avertir
英英释义网络释义
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1.prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening;
Bruno Mattei , a philosophy professor , saw the ship's fate as ametaphor for an unjust world that may even have spotted its " iceberg " but is nonetheless unable to avert catastrophe .哲学教授布鲁诺·马太把这艘船的命运看做是对一个不公正的世界的隐喻,即使人们已经发现了危及社会的“冰山”,但仍然不能避开灾难。