deter

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /dɪˈtɜː/    美 /dɪˈtɝ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To prevent something from happening. transitive
  2. To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage. transitive
    — Their boss deterred them from both taking holidays at the same time, claiming he couldn't manage it all on his own.
  3. To distract someone from something. transitive
    — we have in following enquiry, attempted to throw some light upon subjects, from which uncertainty has hitherto deterred the wise

词形变化

deters present,singular,third-person deterring participle,present deterred participle,past deterred past

词汇关系

衍生词
determent deterrability deterrable deterrency deterrer nondeterred undeterred undeterring
相关词
deterrent deterrence

词源

Etymology tree
Latin dēterreōbor.
English deter
Borrowed from Latin dēterreō (“deter, discourage”), from de (“from”) + terreō (“to frighten”).
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