One day after President Barack Obama urged the U.S. Congress to intensify efforts to avert a debt crisis, the Senate appears to be doing just that. A recess has been canceled, and the president has been invited to Capitol Hill for direct talks with l...
今天我们要学的词是avert。 Avert, 是避免的意思。西班牙机场工作人员威胁说，如果跟政府无法达成协议，就要在复活节期间举行罢工。不过， AENA's director said he was confident that a deal to avert the...
avert v 避免，防止（某事的发生）；转移（目光、思想等） 【例】avert one's glance from sth 避而不看某物Accidents can be averted by careful driving 谨慎驾驶可避免发生事故。 【根】a一再，vert转－一再转...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 24 May 2006 Kjell Magne Bondevik examining drought conditions in eastern, central and the Horn of Africa A senior U.N. official says there is still time to avert a catastrophe in the Horn of Africa where eight million drought...
Broadcast: Mar 21, 2003 Britain's military chief says coalition forces have seized Iraq's key southern oil facilities, apparently averting what could have been a major ecological disaster. British mil...
