Installing motion-activated lights can deter nocturnal animals from rummaging through campsites in search of food.
安装感应灯可以阻止夜行性动物在露营地翻找食物。
- Its skin contains alkaloid toxins that deter predators.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “deter”?
C — Prevent, discourage. “deter” means prevent, discourage.
Which word means “prevent, discourage”?
C — deter. “deter” means prevent, discourage.
deter — prevent, discourage. In Chinese: 阻止，吓阻.
deter is pronounced /dɪˈtɜːr/.
Installing motion-activated lights can deter nocturnal animals from rummaging through campsites in search of food. (安装感应灯可以阻止夜行性动物在露营地翻找食物。)
discourage, hinder, prevent — all close in meaning to deter (prevent, discourage).
encourage, prompt — each the opposite of deter (prevent, discourage).
Yes. deter is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. 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.
deter(stop)