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今天我们要学的词是 avert¹. Avert 动词，有避免的意思。The New Jersey² transit³ authority reached a tentative deal with the rail unions, averting⁴ what would have been the first strike at the New Jersey rail system since 1983. 美国新泽西州铁路部门跟铁路工会达成初步协议，从而避免了1983年来首次铁路系统的大罢工。President Obama met with financial regulators to push for tougher oversight⁵ of Wall Street to avert future financial crises. 美国总统奥巴马会见金融监管官员，设法进一步加强对华尔街的监管，谨防金融危机再度发生。好的，我们今天学习的词是 avert, avert, avert...

1 avert   

v.防止，避免；转移(目光、注意力等)

参考例句：

• He managed to avert suspicion.他设法避嫌。
• I would do what I could to avert it.我会尽力去避免发生这种情况。

2 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

3 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

4 averting   

防止，避免( avert的现在分词 )； 转移

参考例句：

• The margin of time for averting crisis was melting away. 可以用来消弥这一危机的些许时光正在逝去。
• These results underscore the value of rescue medications in averting psychotic relapse. 这些结果显示了救护性治疗对避免精神病复发的价值。

5 oversight   

n.勘漏，失察，疏忽

参考例句：

• I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。
• Your essay was not marked through an oversight on my part.由于我的疏忽你的文章没有打分。