deterred是什么意思？

deterred

• v. 阻止，制止( deter的过去式和过去分词 )；

例句

• For instance, the more versatile Singaporeans, with richer experiences of life, might have been deterred from taking part for fear of losing face within sight of friends and relatives, should they perform ignominiously. 一些阅历丰富的新加坡人，可能害怕会在亲人和朋友面前出丑，而不愿意参加节目。
• An evening merely cold or damp would not have deterred her from her trip. 倘若傍晚只是潮湿寒冷,对她此行不会有所阻妨.
• Such observation have deterred most prudent investigators from attempting direct contact - angle measurements. 这个研究成果对企图采用直接测量方法测量接触角的研究人员,带来很大阻力.
• I told him I wasn't interested, but he wasn't deterred. 我已告诉他我不感兴趣，可他却不罢休。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  威慑住;吓住;阻止;制止
  To deter someone from doing something means to make them not want to do it or continue doing it.
  例句
  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。 Arrests and jail sentences have done nothing to deter the protesters... 逮捕和监禁都没能吓倒抗议者。