2019年12月13日 星期五

Avert Disaster Downriver, avert the risk of further landslides

By NICHOLAS WADE
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Helpers fill sandbags on the tip above the shattered Pantglas Junior School to divert a spring and avert the risk of further landslides at Aberfan, South Wales. (Photo by Fox



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Definition

avert (PREVENT)
verb [T]
to prevent something bad from happening; avoid:
to avert a crisis/conflict/strike/famine
to avert disaster/economic collapse


downriver
adverb, adjective
downstreamdownstream Adverb, adjective
in the direction a river or stream is flowing:
The current carried her downstream.
Compare upstream.

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