deters

英 [dɪˈtɜːz]

美 [dɪˈtɜːrz]

v.  制止; 阻止; 威慑; 使不敢
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柯林斯词典

• VERB 威慑住;吓住;阻止;制止
  Todetersomeonefromdoing something means to make them not want to do it or continue doing it.
  1. Supporters of the death penalty argue that it would deter criminals from carrying guns...
     死刑的支持者认为它能阻吓罪犯携带枪支。
  2. Arrests and jail sentences have done nothing to deter the protesters...
     逮捕和监禁都没能吓倒抗议者。
  3. Jeremy was not deterred by this criticism.
     杰里米没有因这一批评而却步。

双语例句

• The filth here deters all but the invited guest.
  这里污秽不堪，除非有事，外人是裹足不前的。
• Which deters most things, including insects.
  所有动物包括昆虫都会却步。
• But one thing deters them even more: match-fixing.
  但操纵比赛行为更让他们不想去看球。
• But microeconomic policy is lousy. Corruption deters investors. State companies elbow out private ones. Plans to diversify the economy have been a failure.
  但该国微观经济政策极为糟糕，腐败吓退投资者，国企排挤私企，经济多元化计划未能成功。
• The way India divvies up spectrum is unfair and erratic, which deters investment. It is also wasteful.
  印度的频谱分配方式既不公平也反复多变，抑制了投资，也造成了浪费。
• I think that just by moving around the area, my presence deters wolves from killing livestock.
  我想我只要在该区域来回走动走动，就可以阻止狼对家畜的攻击。
• Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources of the earth, favors pollution.
  停止我们耗尽地球的直接资源的私产概念，实际上助长污染。
• Summary: Amerca's anti-corruption law deters foreign investment.
  总结：美国反腐败法律吓跑国外投资商。
• In fact, jatropha deters pests& birds, mammals and insects do not eat it.
  事实上，麻疯树能驱除害虫&鸟类、哺乳动物和昆虫不吃麻疯树。
• The FBI is the federal law enforcement agency that deters domestic crime while the CIA is mainly responsible for U.S. initiatives abroad.
  联邦调查局是联邦执法机构，负责国内犯罪案件；而中情局主要负责美国国外案件。