| to avert disaster |
避开灾难 |
To act in such a way as to avoid serious problems. |
EXAMPLE: When departing airplane flights were cancelled because of a sudden storm, we were able to avert disaster by quickly getting tickets on the last train to leave the city that day.
离港航班因突降暴雨而取消，我们迅速买了当天最后一班火车票离开了那个城市，因而得以逃过一劫。 |
