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avert

[ə'vɜːt] брит. / амер.

гл.

  1. отворачиваться; отводить (взгляд)

  2. отвращать, предотвращать; отводить (удар, опасность)

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avert

предотвращать (удар, нападение)

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68 mediation efforts that helped avert escalation of the situation
Осуществлено 68 посреднических мероприятий, позволивших избежать эскалации ситуации
© Организация Объединенных Наций, 2010 год
© United Nations 2010
I did not avert my eyes.
Я не отвела глаза и выдержала его взгляд.
Rosnay, Tatiana de / Sarah's KeyРосней, Татьяна де / Ключ Сары
Ключ Сары
Росней, Татьяна де
Sarah's Key
Rosnay, Tatiana de
© 2007 by Tatiana de Rosnay
His weak cries had seemed to be all that was left to avert this monstrous disaster.
Как будто один его слабый крик мог предотвратить эту чудовищную катастрофу.
Wells, Herbert George / Men Like GodsУэллс, Герберт / Люди как боги
Люди как боги
Уэллс, Герберт
© Издательство "Правда", 1964
Men Like Gods
Wells, Herbert George
© 1922 and 1923 by H. G. Wells
To avert filtering material, mainly an activated carbon, get into the water or pour out from a filtering device the material is located between two layings, sheets or nets.
Для предотвращения попадания фильтрующего материала, в основном активированного угля, в воду или высыпания из фильтрационного устройства его размещают между двумя прокладками, листами или сетками.
Jim interposed quickly to avert trouble. “Sir John,” he said quickly, “you remember this one of our Companions at the Loathly Tower and since.
Джим поспешно вмешался, чтобы избежать неприятностей: — Сэр Джон несомненно помнит этого нашего соратника со времен битвы у Презренной Башни.
Dickson, Gordon / Dragon at WarДиксон, Гордон / Дракон на войне
Дракон на войне
Диксон, Гордон
Dragon at War
Dickson, Gordon
We are willing to cooperate in developing universally negotiated, non-discriminatory measures to avert missile proliferation.
Мы готовы сотрудничать в деле разработки путем переговоров универсальных и недискриминационных мер по предотвращению распространения ракет.
© Организация Объединенных Наций, 2010 год
© United Nations 2010
Vera Lebedeff told all she knew, and by Lebedeff's advice it was decided that all three should go to Petersburg as quickly as possible, in order to avert "what might so easily happen."
Вера Лебедева сообщила всё, что знала. По совету Лебедева, решили отправиться в Петербург всем троим для скорейшего предупреждения того, "что очень могло случиться".
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / IdiotДостоевский, Фёдор / Идиот
Идиот
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1971
Idiot
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2004 by Fine Creative Media, Inc.
'Is it impossible, then, to propitiate, to avert, to save ...
Неужели же нельзя умолить, отвратить, спасти...
Turgenev, I.S. / On the eveТургенев, И.С. / Накануне
Накануне
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1976
On the eve
Turgenev, I.S.
© 1st World Library, 2008
And Granny was prepared to co-operate to desperate lengths to avert that danger.
И была готова на все, чтобы отвратить ее.
Van Vogt, Alfred Elton / SlanВан Вогт, Альфред Элтон / Слан
Слан
Ван Вогт, Альфред Элтон
© 1968 by A.E. van Vogt
© Перевод. К.Кузнецов, А.Григорьев, Б. Жужунава, 2006
© Издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2006
Slan
Van Vogt, Alfred Elton
© 1940, 1945, 1951, 1968 by A. E. van Vogt
It is therefore understandable that he gave an enthusiastic description of the institutions which can “avert proletarianism”.
Понятно поэтому, что он с восторгом описывал те учреждения, которые могут «предупредить пролетариатство».
Плеханов, Г. В. / Наши разногласия. Письмо к П. Л. ЛавровуPlekhanov, G. V. / Our Differences. Letter to P. L. Lavrov
Our Differences. Letter to P. L. Lavrov
Plekhanov, G. V.
Наши разногласия. Письмо к П. Л. Лаврову
Плеханов, Г. В.
© Государственное издательство политической литературы, 1949 г.
But with all my haste I was not in time to avert what was impending; the arrow had been drawn, it must now fly.
Но, как я ни спешил, я не мог предотвратить неизбежное; лук был натянут, стрела уже вылетела.
Stevenson, Robert Louis / The Master of BallantraeСтивенсон, Роберт Луис / Владетель Баллантрэ.
Владетель Баллантрэ.
Стивенсон, Роберт Луис
© Издательство "Правда", 1967
The Master of Ballantrae
Stevenson, Robert Louis
© 2006 Adamant Media Corporation
The theft of the money and other things troubled him little, for he argued that the theft had not been committed for gain but to avert suspicion.
Краденые же вещи и деньги мало смущали его, ибо (всё так же рассуждал он) сделана кража не для корысти, а для отвода подозрений в другую сторону.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
What power does she suppose is in the person she petitions to avert this unjust suspicion, if it be unjust?
Почему она думает, что женщина, к которой она обращается с подобной просьбой, может опровергнуть несправедливое подозрение, если оно действительно несправедливо?
Dickens, Charles / Bleak HouseДиккенс, Чарльз / Холодный дом
Холодный дом
Диккенс, Чарльз
© "Государственное издательство художественной литературы", 1960
Bleak House
Dickens, Charles
© 1894, by Macmillan & Co.
'Hoping reformers would instinctively avert their eyes from statuary.
Он полагал, что реформаторы питают неприятие к скульптурам и потому невольно отвращают от них свои взоры.
Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionСэнсом, Кристофер Джон / Горбун лорда Кромвеля
Горбун лорда Кромвеля
Сэнсом, Кристофер Джон
Dissolution
Sansom, Christopher John
© C.J. Sansom, 2003
But though this would avert some of the obvious dangers raised by planning on a national scale, it seems that those who advocate such ambitious schemes have little conception of the even greater difficulties and dangers which their proposals create.
Очевидно, что это вызовет все те же затруднения, которые встречаются при попытках планирования на национальном уровне. Но есть здесь и гораздо большие опасности, в которых сторонники этой концепции вряд ли отдают себе отчет.
Hayek, F. A. / The Road to SerfdomХайек, Ф. А. / Дорога к рабству
Дорога к рабству
Хайек, Ф. А.
© 1944 Ф. А. фон Хайек
© Перевод М. Б. Гнедовского, 1990
The Road to Serfdom
Hayek, F. A.
© 1944 F. A. Hayek

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avert1/4
ə'vɜːtVerbотворачиваться; отводитьExamples

He averted his face. — Он отвернулся.

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Collocations

avert crisis
предотвратить кризис
avert one's face / eyes
отворачиваться
to avert
предотвращать
to avert aggression
предотвращать агрессию
to avert a risk
предотвращать риск
to avert the danger of war
предотвращать угрозу войны
to avert
предупреждать
to avert war
устранять опасность войны
to avert
устранять
avert large-scale actions
предотвращение широкомасштабных действий
avert inflation
предотвращать инфляцию
avert the threat of war
предотвращать угрозу войны
avert the failure
избежать ошибки
averted harm
предотвращенный вред
averted injury
предотвращенный вред

Word forms

avert

verb
Basic forms
Pastaverted
Imperativeavert
Present Participle (Participle I)averting
Past Participle (Participle II)averted
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I avertwe avert
you avertyou avert
he/she/it avertsthey avert
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am avertingwe are averting
you are avertingyou are averting
he/she/it is avertingthey are averting
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have avertedwe have averted
you have avertedyou have averted
he/she/it has avertedthey have averted
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been avertingwe have been averting
you have been avertingyou have been averting
he/she/it has been avertingthey have been averting
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I avertedwe averted
you avertedyou averted
he/she/it avertedthey averted
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was avertingwe were averting
you were avertingyou were averting
he/she/it was avertingthey were averting
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had avertedwe had averted
you had avertedyou had averted
he/she/it had avertedthey had averted
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been avertingwe had been averting
you had been avertingyou had been averting
he/she/it had been avertingthey had been averting
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will avertwe shall/will avert
you will avertyou will avert
he/she/it will avertthey will avert
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be avertingwe shall/will be averting
you will be avertingyou will be averting
he/she/it will be avertingthey will be averting
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have avertedwe shall/will have averted
you will have avertedyou will have averted
he/she/it will have avertedthey will have averted
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been avertingwe shall/will have been averting
you will have been avertingyou will have been averting
he/she/it will have been avertingthey will have been averting
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would avertwe should/would avert
you would avertyou would avert
he/she/it would avertthey would avert
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be avertingwe should/would be averting
you would be avertingyou would be averting
he/she/it would be avertingthey would be averting
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have avertedwe should/would have averted
you would have avertedyou would have averted
he/she/it would have avertedthey would have averted
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been avertingwe should/would have been averting
you would have been avertingyou would have been averting
he/she/it would have been avertingthey would have been averting
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am avertedwe are averted
you are avertedyou are averted
he/she/it is avertedthey are averted
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being avertedwe are being averted
you are being avertedyou are being averted
he/she/it is being avertedthey are being averted
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been avertedwe have been averted
you have been avertedyou have been averted
he/she/it has been avertedthey have been averted
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was avertedwe were averted
you were avertedyou were averted
he/she/it was avertedthey were averted
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being avertedwe were being averted
you were being avertedyou were being averted
he/she/it was being avertedthey were being averted
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been avertedwe had been averted
you had been avertedyou had been averted
he/she/it had been avertedthey had been averted
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be avertedwe shall/will be averted
you will be avertedyou will be averted
he/she/it will be avertedthey will be averted
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been avertedwe shall/will have been averted
you will have been avertedyou will have been averted
he/she/it will have been avertedthey will have been averted