deter

英 [dɪ'tɜː(r)] 美 [dɪ'tɜːr]

• vt. 阻止；威慑；威吓

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 使断念
2. 威慑住
3. 吓住
4. 防止
5. 使踌躇
6. 使不敢
7. 吓唬
8. 吓倒
9. 阻碍
10. 阻挡
11. 妨碍
12. 阻妨
13. 难住
14. 阻力
15. 使…踌躇不前
16. 就此罢休
17. 制止
18. 威慑
19. 阻止
20. 阻拦
21. 抑制
22. 威吓

英英释义

Verb:

1. try to prevent; show opposition to;

   "We should discourage this practice among our youth"
   

2. turn away from by persuasion;

   "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. No difficulty can deter us from trying it again.
   没有困难可以阻止我们再试一次。
2. The extreme cold deterred him from going out.
   极度寒冷使他打消外出的念头。
3. It's this edge that gives newclear weapons their power to deter.
   正是这个优势赋予了核武器威慑力量。
4. The fact that we have the big bombs will deter our enemies from attacking us
   我们拥有这种重型炸弹的事实威慑住敌人不敢向我们进攻。
5. A cloudy sky may deter a man from undertaking a journey.
   阴暗天色有时使人不敢启程。

经典引文

• I wanted to join in the laughter but Father's face deterred me.

  出自： J. L. Waten

• No threat would deter them from producing it and delivering it free of charge.

  出自： S. Naipaul

词汇搭配

• deter from 阻止

近反义词

【近义词】

• discourage 阻碍
• prevent 预防
• dissuade 劝阻
• daunt 使 ... 胆怯
• prohibit 禁止
• hinder 阻碍
• put off 不安
• frighten 使惊吓
• help 帮助
• preclude 阻止
• thwart 反对
• forbid 禁止

【反义词】

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