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

• A public area also deters some people who might wish to do so from taking out their frustrations on the pillars.
  一些可能想在柱子上宣泄不满情绪的人不敢在大庭广众之下发泄。
• 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。
• 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。
• The main reason usually given in support of the death penalty is that it deters crime.
  那些支持死刑的人们经常给出的主要理由是，死刑可以制止犯罪。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Many people believe that capital punishment deters crime.
  很多人相信极刑能阻止犯罪。