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deterring

/dih-tur/US // dɪˈtɜr //UK // (dɪˈtɜː) //

阻吓性,威慑性,威慑力,阻吓性的

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    de·terred, de·ter·ring.

    • : to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding: The large dog deterred trespassers.
    • : to prevent; check; arrest: timber treated with creosote to deter rot.
    • : to repel: Strongly scented marigolds planted among the melons are supposed to deter beetles.

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Examples

  • In order to deter crowds, its annual Thanksgiving Day parade won’t go through its usual route through Manhattan.

  • Advocates have said that the rule is deterring many immigrants and their family members from using any government-funded health care or nutritional benefits.

  • Back in August, city of Chicago officials knew that piercing gusts of wind and sub-zero temperatures were only a few months away from deterring residents from eating outside and, in turn, devastating many of the city’s restaurants and bars.

  • Then we need enforcement, because I think that the way you deter police from crossing the line is the way you deter citizens from crossing the line.

  • This is because fines have not been successful in the past in Europe to deter perceived anticompetitive behavior.

  • Your effect in deterring others to travel without proper consideration would be hugely significant.

  • This can be a helpful guide to other nations in deterring ISIS from recruiting.

  • Political drift is deterring foreign investors and frightening off overseas business.

  • He said deterring Hamas anew would require “massive air strikes for some days.”

  • Deterring Hamas anew would require “massive air strikes for some days.”

  • Hence that wholesome fear of God so operative in deterring evil and stimulating good is removed.

  • The process of driving out, and also of deterring, has failed.

  • It was preposterous to claim for such a scene as this that it conveyed any great moral lesson, or had any deterring influence.

  • So the fight went on, the mist hiding the Germans at longer range and their torpedo attacks deterring us from a closer encounter.

  • His first losses, instead of deterring him from further speculation, led him on to rasher ventures.