现代大学英语 第四册 Lesson Four 重点词汇.pptVIP

Lesson FourA Drink in the Passage Joyce Chou 0861115 * to avert (Paragraph 3, line 4) to turn something away e.g. When I was a child, I was told to avert my eyes from the sight of any animal being killed. 她别过了脸，免得让人看到她的脸红。 She averted her face so that people would not see her blush. (2) to prevent; to avoid e.g. This last-minute move averted an otherwise terrible crisis. 政府的政策成功地避免了一场严重的经济衰退。 The government’s policy succeeded in averting a serious economic recession. aversion n.: a strong dislike or something that you strongly dislike e.g. My wife had a great aversion to smoking. She wouldn