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；使打消念头
- n. (Deter)人名；(德)德特尔
词根记忆
- de + ter(=terr吓唬)→威慑，吓住
- de + ter(=terr吓唬)→威慑，阻止
- de(加强) + ter(看作terr，惊吓)→不断吓唬以阻止→阻止
- de(起强调作用) + ter(=terr吓唬)→威慑
英汉例句
- All the doors have been bricked up to deter vandals.
所有的门都用砖堵了起来，防止破坏分子闯入。 - Arming the police doesn't deter crime.
仅仅靠给警察配备武器是无法制止犯罪的。 - The windows are covered with grilles to deter vandals.
窗戶都安上了铁柵栏,以防止故意破坏. - All the doors have been bricked up to deter vandals.
所有的门都用砖堵了起来，防止破坏分子闯入。 - Such a statement was hardly calculated to deter future immigrants.
这样的声明不太可能吓住将来的移民。
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；使打消念头
- 阻止