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1 avert
transitive verb1) (turn away) abwenden [Blick, Gesicht, Aufmerksamkeit]2) (prevent) abwenden [Katastrophe, Schaden, Niederlage]; verhüten [Unfall]* * *[ə'və:t]1) (to turn away, especially one's eyes: She averted her eyes from the dead animal.) abwenden2) (to prevent: to avert disaster.) abwenden* * *[əˈvɜ:t, AM -ˈvɜ:rt]vt1. (turn away)to \avert one's eyes/gaze [from sth] seine Augen/seinen Blick [von etw dat] abwendento \avert one's thoughts from sth seine Gedanken von etw dat abwenden2. (prevent)▪ to \avert sth etw verhindernto \avert an accident einen Unfall verhütento \avert a blow einen Schlag abwehrento \avert a conflict/crisis einen Konflikt/eine Krise abwenden* * *[ə'vɜːt]vt1) (= turn away) eyes, gaze abwenden, abkehren (geh)2) (= prevent) verhindern, abwenden; suspicion ablenken; blow etc abwehren; accident verhindern, verhüten* * *2. fig abwenden, verhüten* * *transitive verb1) (turn away) abwenden [Blick, Gesicht, Aufmerksamkeit]2) (prevent) abwenden [Katastrophe, Schaden, Niederlage]; verhüten [Unfall]* * *v.abwenden v. -
2 disaster
noun1) Katastrophe, dieair disaster — Flugzeugunglück, das
a railway/mining disaster — ein Eisenbahn-/Grubenunglück
* * *(a terrible event, especially one that causes great damage, loss etc: The earthquake was the greatest disaster the country had ever experienced.) die Katastrophe- academic.ru/20787/disastrous">disastrous- disastrously* * *dis·as·ter[dɪˈzɑ:stəʳ, AM -ˈzæstɚ]nair \disaster Flugzeugunglück nt, Flugzeugkatastrophe frail \disaster Eisenbahnunglück nt, Zugunglück ntenvironmental \disaster Umweltkatastrophe fnatural/global \disaster Naturkatastrophe f/globale Katastrophe2. no pleverything was going smoothly until \disaster struck alles lief reibungslos, bis die Katastrophe ihren Lauf nahmto avert \disaster eine Katastrophe abwendenthe evening was a complete \disaster der Abend war der totale Reinfallas a teacher, he was a \disaster als Lehrer war er absolut unfähig* * *[dɪ'zAːstə(r)]nKatastrophe f; (AVIAT, MIN, RAIL) Unglück nt, Katastrophe f; (= fiasco) Fiasko nt, Desaster ntdoomed to disaster — zum Untergang verdammt or verurteilt
See:→ also recipe* * *A s1. Unglück n (to für), Unheil n, Verderben n:bring down disaster on Unglück bringen über (akk)2. Unglück n, Katastrophe f3. Desaster n, Fiasko n:end in disaster in einem Desaster endenB adj Katastrophen…:disaster area Katastrophen-, Notstandsgebiet n;his private life is a disaster area sein Privatleben ist eine einzige Katastrophe;disaster control Katastrophenbekämpfung f;disaster unit (Katastrophen)Einsatzgruppe f* * *noun1) Katastrophe, dieair disaster — Flugzeugunglück, das
a railway/mining disaster — ein Eisenbahn-/Grubenunglück
* * *n.Katastrophe f.Unglück -e n.Unheil -e n. -
3 disaster
dis·as·ter [dɪʼzɑ:stəʳ, Am -ʼzæstɚ] nair \disaster Flugzeugunglück nt, Flugzeugkatastrophe f;rail \disaster Eisenbahnunglück nt, Zugunglück nt;environmental \disaster Umweltkatastrophe f;2) no pleverything was going smoothly until \disaster struck alles lief reibungslos, bis die Katastrophe ihren Lauf nahm;to avert \disaster eine Katastrophe abwenden;to spell \disaster for sth eine Katastrophe für etw akk bedeutenthe evening was a complete \disaster der Abend war der totale Reinfall;as a teacher, he was a \disaster als Lehrer war er absolut unfähig
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