deter

deter
[dɪ`tʒ; di'tə:] (發音來源)
嚇到...使...打消念頭

單字解釋

deter
[dɪ`tʒ; di'tə:]
<<及物動詞>>
(de.terred; de.ter.ring)
使<人> (心生恐懼) 停止 (做…) ,使…打消念頭,妨礙,阻礙,阻止[from]
The extreme cold deterred him from going out.
極度寒冷使他打消外出的念頭

vt. 制止, 嚇住, 威懾

【GRE紅寶書】
DETER v. 威懾,嚇住
(英) v. 威懾，嚇住 (discourage)
(考) intrepid : deter / rapt : distract
(無畏的不會被威懾/全神貫注的 不會被分心)
反義詞：spur(刺激)
(記) de+ter(嚇唬)→嚇住
(同) 同根詞：terror(恐懼)；det erment (制止，威懾)
(例) The light rain didn't deter the children from playing outside.

【GRE藍寶書】
vt. 制止，威懾
(類) intrepid·deter=rapt·di stract 無畏的難以威懾=全神貫注的難以 分心
(反) deter ≠ spur 制止 ≠ 激勵
deterrent ≠ inducement/incentive 制止 ≠ 引誘/刺激

【不擇手段】
v 威懾（使別人不作某事），嚇住 ＝discourage
(根) ter嚇唬
(記) 讀：低頭－只有低著頭才能產生 威懾
(參) terror（n 恐懼）；determent（n 制止；威懾）
(類) intrepid:deter＝rapt:d istract無畏的不會被威攝＝全 神貫注的不會被分心
(反) spur（v 刺激）

【21世紀英漢詞典】
de.ter
(de.terred; de.ter.ring)
使 (心生恐懼) 停止 (做…) ,使…打消念頭,妨礙,阻礙,阻止 [from
The extreme cold deterred him from going out.
極度寒冷使他打消外出的念頭

【Collins】  ◆◆◇◇◇

deter deters deterring deterred
To deter someone from doing something means to make them not want to do it or continue doing it.
Supporters of the death penalty argue that it would deter criminals from carrying guns.
Arrests and jail sentences have done nothing to deter the protesters.
Jeremy was not deterred by this criticism.
= discourage
VB

英字分解

• de
• ter

de
from從, down向下, away離開，去除, to do the opposite做相反動作, against對抗
[example]
detach, deploy, derange, decrease, deodorize, devoid, deflate, degenerate, deice
de-
[dɪ-, də-, di-; di:-, di-]
{字首}
1 表示「下降」
descend, depress
2 表示「分離,除去」
decline; deprecate
3 表示加強
declaim, denude
4 表示「惡化,低下」
deceive, delude
5 表示「否定,倒轉」
decentralize, decode

ter
[音似] 特; 忑

列根成形

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嚇到...使…打消念頭

創義薛說

當百貨公司去除特價的優惠時， ➔ 原價常會讓人嚇到而使人打消念頭。