deters

英 [dɪˈtɜːz]

美 [dɪˈtɜːrz]

v.  制止; 阻止; 威慑; 使不敢
deter的第三人称单数

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

• But before leaving there is time for a further impassioned speech in favour of education, of relaxing the US's ultra-strict visa regime, which, he believes, deters bright young men and women from coming to study in the US.
  但在离开之前，他还有时间再发表一篇激情洋溢的演讲，支持教育，指斥放宽美国超级严格的签证制度。他相信，美国的签证制度阻碍了聪明的青年男女来美国学习。
• Duplication of efforts: Duplicating automation effort is another major culprit that deters the success of test automation solutions across organizations.
  双倍的努力：双倍的自动化努力是另一个主要的问题所在，它阻止了不同公司之间测试自动化方案的成功。
• The installation of cameras in public places deters would-be criminals.
  在公共场合安装摄像头能够震慑那些想要犯罪者。
• Abolitionists say there is no proof that capital punishment deters.
  废除死刑者声称没有证据表明行刑有震慑作用。
• Apologies are so important that many hospitals train their staffs to say they are sorry to patients and their families following a medical mistake because they've found it deters malpractice lawsuits.
  道歉是如此重要，以至于很多家医院都培训他们的员工在出现医疗差错后要对患者及其家属表示歉意，因为院方发现这么做可以阻止他们对医疗事故提起诉讼。
• 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。
• Even if some of the features of the tool can be reused by other test teams, the non-extensible architecture deters the new test teams from adopting the tools.
  就算工具的有些特性可以被其他的测试团队使用，但是非扩展性的架构还是会阻止新测试团队采用工具。
• We think that punishment deters crime, but it just might be the other way around.
  我们认为惩罚会阻止犯罪，可是情况恰恰相反。
• 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。
• We know that hooliganism deters fans from going to football.
  我们知道，足球流氓行为使得球迷不愿去看球。