By installing early warning systems along the coast, engineers hoped to avert the catastrophic loss of life that had occurred in previous tsunamis.
通过在沿海安装预警系统，工程师们希望避免此前海啸中发生的灾难性生命损失。
Which choice best defines “avert”?
D — To turn away; to prevent.. “avert” means To turn away; to prevent..
Which word means “To turn away; to prevent.”?
D — avert. “avert” means To turn away; to prevent..
avert — To turn away; to prevent.. In Chinese: 转移(目光);避免.
avert is pronounced //əˈvɜːt//.
By installing early warning systems along the coast, engineers hoped to avert the catastrophic loss of life that had occurred in previous tsunamis. (通过在沿海安装预警系统，工程师们希望避免此前海啸中发生的灾难性生命损失。)
prevent, avoid, forestall — all close in meaning to avert (To turn away; to prevent.).
cause, provoke — each the opposite of avert (To turn away; to prevent.).
Yes. avert is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
a- + vert(转) → 转开 → 防止。