deter

verb

1. 制止；阻止；威慑；使不敢
   to make sb decide not to do sth or continue doing sth, especially by making them understand the difficulties and unpleasant results of their actions
   1. 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。
   2. The high price of the service could deter people from seeking advice.
      这么高的服务费可能使咨询者望而却步。

1. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. Arrests and jail sentences have done nothing to deter the protesters...
      逮捕和监禁都没能吓倒抗议者。
   3. Jeremy was not deterred by this criticism.
      杰里米没有因这一批评而却步。

1. Arming the police doesn't deter crime.
   仅仅靠给警察配备武器是无法制止犯罪的。
2. All the doors have been bricked up to deter vandals.
   所有的门都用砖堵了起来，防止破坏分子闯入。
3. Such a statement was hardly calculated to deter future immigrants.
   这样的声明不太可能吓住将来的移民。
4. 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。
5. Arrests and jail sentences have done nothing to deter the protesters
   逮捕和监禁都没能吓倒抗议者。
6. Jeremy was not deterred by this criticism.
   杰里米没有因这一批评而却步。
7. It is time to go beyond the shibboleth that conventional forces cannot deter.
   是时候摆脱那些传统力量无法遏制的陈规陋习了。
8. The wild weather did not deter some people from swimming in the sea.
   尽管风雨交加，一些人还是会下海游泳。
9. But danger and noisome corridors don't deter tourists bored with churches and monuments.
   但是，下水道中潜藏的危险和恶臭并没有吓退对教堂和纪念馆这些地方感到厌倦的游客。
10. The fines should deter competitors from chasing profits without regard to fairness to law or public welfare.
    这些罚款应该会吓阻竞争对手在不考虑法律公正或社会公益的情况下追逐利润。
11. He added that the police and other agencies would develop new approaches to deter smuggling by Hong Kong residents.
    他还表示，警方和其他机构将制定新政策，来遏制香港居民的走私行为。
12. Its next priority is to "deter and disrupt" piracy in general.
    其次才是威慑和干扰海盗活动。
13. This is likely to deter stringent environmental regulations.
    这就很可能阻止严厉的环境管制。
14. The proposed changes have brought claims from the oil industry that they introduce unnecessary uncertainty and will deter investment.
    拟议的变化引发了石油行业的异议，认为它们带来了不必要的不确定性，将阻碍投资。
15. Designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence.
    意欲或有力量阻止或防止预期情形和事件的发生。
16. Its early wars were short, sharp affairs to beat off or deter massive military threats to its existence.
    以色列早期进行的战争都是攻势凶猛的速战速决，目的是击退或威慑对其生存所构成的大规模军事威胁。
17. It does seem likely that Pyongyang intends its development and advertisement of nuclear weapons capability to deter would-be attackers.
    看来，平壤的意图确实是通过发展和鼓吹其核武器能力来阻止可能的攻击者。
18. And unfamiliarity with a new electoral system may also deter voters.
    而对新的选举体系的不熟悉，也会妨碍一些选民投票。
19. They will not deter us from our vital work for the people of Nigeria and the world.
    它无法阻止我们对尼日利亚和全世界人民的重要工作。
20. Prosecutors might hope vagueness will deter, but instead it erodes respect for the law.
    检方也许希望这种模糊能起到威慑作用，但恰恰相反，它反而削弱了人们对法律的尊重。
21. Capital punishment is the only way to deter criminals.
    死刑是唯一的办法，阻止犯罪分子。
22. They are best seen as investment funds that also deter attacks by Forex speculators.
    它们认为这些资金的主要功能是投资，同时还能阻止外汇投机者的袭击。
23. This may be enough to deter hostile governments, but insurgents and militias might be less worried.
    这可能足够吓住敌对的政府，然而叛乱分子和民兵部队却无需如此担心。
24. However, I believe this will not deter China from a long-term goal of pursuing such an endgame.
    不过，我相信这不会阻止中国为实现这个长远目标付出努力。
25. Bribery, corruption and extortion distort competitive markets, involve non-productive diversion of resources, and deter investment, technology transfer and development.
    贿赂、腐败和敲诈行为起到了扭曲竞争市场，导致资源的非生产性分流，阻碍投资、技术转让和发展的作用。
26. Don't, however, let all these details deter you.
    不过，不要让所有这些细节问题妨碍了你的行动。
27. But that won't deter me from providing some viewpoints on what security managers should expect in2008.
    然而这不会阻止我提供一些关于安全经理将在2008年预期什么的观点。
28. But these difficulties, these differences, should not deter us.
    但这些困难和差异不应该使我们徘徊不前。
29. The chief aims of the penal system are to deter the potential lawbreaker and to reform the convicted offender.
    刑罚制度的主要目的是阻止潜在的违法者，并改造已判的违法者。

verb

1. turn away from by persuasion
   1. Negative campaigning will only dissuade people

   Synonym:    dissuade

2. try to prevent
   1. We should discourage this practice among our youth

   Synonym:    discourage