averting

Thân thiện

She is averting her eyes from the bright sun.

Definition

Noun: 1. The act of turning away or averting: Specifically, the action of turning oneself or one's gaze away from something. 2. The act of preventing something from occurring: The action of stopping something, especially something undesirable, from happening.

Usage and Examples

• As the act of turning away:
  • Her sudden averting of her eyes suggested she had seen something shocking.
  • Averting his face, he tried to hide his disappointment.
• As the act of preventing:
  • The quick averting of a financial crisis saved many jobs.
  • Their primary goal is the averting of environmental disaster.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in formal or written contexts to describe deliberate, purposeful actions of avoidance or prevention.
• It can be used with a possessive to indicate who is performing the action (e.g., "his averting," "the government's averting").

Variants and Related Words

• Avert (verb): The action form of the noun.
  • To turn away: "She averted her gaze from the accident."
  • To prevent: "He averted a major mistake with his careful planning."
• Aversive (adjective): Tending to avoid or causing avoidance.
  • "The treatment uses aversive techniques."

Synonyms

• For : avoidance, turning aside, deflection, shunning.
• For : prevention, forestalling, preclusion, obviation.

Antonyms

• For : facing, confronting, meeting.
• For : causing, allowing, permitting, fostering.

Related Phrases and Concepts

• Avert one's eyes/gaze: A common phrase using the verb form, meaning to deliberately look away.
• Avert a crisis/disaster/danger: A standard collocation for the prevention meaning.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away
   • averting her gaze meant that she was angry
2. the act of preventing something from occurring
   • averting danger was his responsibility

Từ đồng nghĩa

• aversion