deter
音标发音
- 英式音标 [dɪˈtɜ:(r)dɪ'tɜː]
- 美式音标 [dɪˈtɝː]
- 国际音标 [di'tə:]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt. 制止，阻止；使打消唸頭
- n. (Deter)人名；(德)德特爾
词根记忆
- de + ter(=terr嚇唬)→威懾，嚇住
- de + ter(=terr嚇唬)→威懾，阻止
- de(加強) + ter(看作terr，驚嚇)→不斷嚇唬以阻止→阻止
- de(起強調作用) + ter(=terr嚇唬)→威懾
英汉例句
- All the doors have been bricked up to deter vandals.
所有的門都用甎堵了起來，防止破壞分子闖入。 - Arming the police doesn't deter crime.
僅僅靠給警察配備武器是無法制止犯罪的。 - The windows are covered with grilles to deter vandals.
窗戶都安上了鉄柵欄,以防止故意破壞. - All the doors have been bricked up to deter vandals.
所有的門都用甎堵了起來，防止破壞分子闖入。 - Such a statement was hardly calculated to deter future immigrants.
這樣的聲明不太可能嚇住將來的移民。
英英字典
- 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
- To deter someone from doing something means to make them not want to do it or continue doing it.
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专业释义
- 制止，阻止；使打消唸頭
- 阻止