deter
/dɪˈtɝ/ verbe C1En français : empêcher, dissuader, décourager
- To prevent something from happening.
- To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage. · Their boss deterred them from both taking holidays at the same time, claiming he couldn't manage it all on his own.
- To distract someone from something.
He/she/it deters · Prétérit deterred · Participe passé deterred · Forme en -ing deterring
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
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- He/she/it
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- Prétérit
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- Participe passé
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- Forme en -ing
- deterring
Un verbe irrégulier : apprenez par cœur son prétérit et son participe passé.
Dans la bibliothèque
“Is it possible,” said he, “that where your liberty is at stake you can allow any such scruple to deter you from obtaining it?”
His pride, in that direction, may be of service, if not to himself, to many others, for it must deter him from such foul misconduct as I have suffered by.
“My child,” exclaimed the old lady sharply, “let us hear none of the conventional objections that deter weak minds from preparing for the future.
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