They discovered the danger in time, and made shift to avert it.

他们及时发现了危险，并设法避免了。

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He did his best to avert suspicion.

他尽量避嫌。

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The aim of the current round of talks is to promote free trade and to avert the threat of increasing protectionism.

本轮会谈的目的是促进自由贸易，消除日益加剧的贸易保护主义的威胁。

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To avert an economic collapse, the administration moved forward with a controversial plan to bail out banks deemed too big to fail.

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Not even the muse Calliope, the muse of epic poetry, was in a position to avert a human tragedy like this.

即使是缪斯之一克莱俄帕，掌管史诗的女神，也不能避免这样一场人间悲剧。

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The next day there was still no ship in sight so Dudley told Brooks to avert his gaze and he motioned to Stevens that the boy, Parker, had better be killed.

又过了一天，依然没有船只的影子,于是达德利叫布鲁克斯转过头去,并示意斯蒂芬斯，最好杀掉派克。

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The two sides, though, could still reach an agreement to avert such drastic action.

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Those hoping that the report would outline steps to avert a similar crash were disappointed.

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To avert disaster, Bradley's people tell the media to go out in mini packs.

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