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

• But microeconomic policy is lousy. Corruption deters investors. State companies elbow out private ones. Plans to diversify the economy have been a failure.
  但该国微观经济政策极为糟糕，腐败吓退投资者，国企排挤私企，经济多元化计划未能成功。
• In fact, jatropha deters pests& birds, mammals and insects do not eat it.
  事实上，麻疯树能驱除害虫&鸟类、哺乳动物和昆虫不吃麻疯树。
• 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。
• Meanwhile, the president of the Philippines, another claimant which has also accused China of harassment at sea, said the American military presence deters aggression in the area.
  于此同时，菲律宾总统，南海争端另一当事国也称受到中国骚扰，表示美军的存在阻止了这一地区的挑衅行为。
• Summary: Amerca's anti-corruption law deters foreign investment.
  总结：美国反腐败法律吓跑国外投资商。
• Even if some of the features of the tool can be reused by other test teams, the non-extensible architecture deters the new test teams from adopting the tools.
  就算工具的有些特性可以被其他的测试团队使用，但是非扩展性的架构还是会阻止新测试团队采用工具。
• 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。
• The installation of cameras in public places deters would-be criminals.
  在公共场合安装摄像头能够震慑那些想要犯罪者。
• Sonic lock loud alarm deters laptop theft!
  用强劲声波警报锁来阻止你的本本被人偷窃！
• I think that just by moving around the area, my presence deters wolves from killing livestock.
  我想我只要在该区域来回走动走动，就可以阻止狼对家畜的攻击。