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
英英釋義網(wǎng)絡(luò)釋義
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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 .哲學教授布魯諾·馬太把這艘船的命運看做是對一個不公正的世界的隱喻,即使人們已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)了危及社會的“冰山”,但仍然不能避開災(zāi)難。