deter

deter

英 [dɪ'tɜː]
　　美 [dɪ'tɝ]

vt. 制止，阻止；使打消念頭
　　n. (Deter)人名；(德)德特爾

中文詞源：

deter 震懾

de-, 向下，強調。-ter, 恐懼，詞源同terrible,terrorist. 即使恐懼，威懾，震懾。

例句：

1. All the doors have been bricked up to deter vandals.
所有的門都用磚堵瞭起來，防止破壞分子闖入。

2. Such a statement was hardly calculated to deter future immigrants.
這樣的聲明不太可能嚇住將來的移民。

3. Arming the police doesn't deter crime.
僅僅靠給警察配備武器是無法制止犯罪的。

4. The windows are covered with grilles to deter vandals.
窗戶都安上瞭鐵柵欄,以防止故意破壞.

5. Failure did not deter us from trying it again.
失敗並沒有能阻擋我們再次進行試驗.