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

• 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。
• Which deters most things, including insects.
  所有动物包括昆虫都会却步。
• 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。
• Many people believe that capital punishment deters crime.
  很多人相信极刑能阻止犯罪。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。