Does 'deterred' mean 'put off' in this sentence?

[Rich7]

Test No. incompl/inter-48 "Speaking 5 (The Wedding)", question 5

Neither of them was at all ......... by this sort of behaviour as they just grew fonder of each other.

(a) deterred
(b) defeated
(c) disturbed
(d) denied

Test No. incompl/inter-48 "Speaking 5 (The Wedding)", answer 5

Neither of them was at all deterred by this sort of behaviour as they just grew fonder of each other.

Correct answer: (a) deterred

Your answer was: incorrect
Neither of them was at all disturbed by this sort of behaviour as they just grew fonder of each other.
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can I have a synonym for this word in this contest?

Richy

[Alan]

This means put off.
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[Zarinamo]

Hello,
Why we cannot use disturbed???

[Mudium]

hi
thank you for this site .It is really helpfull to me
jyo

[Khumri64]

hi Alan
why deterred? why not disturbed

[Alan]

Hi Khumri,

You only need to ask the question once!

'Disturb' has several meanings. If you used it in the context of the test, it would suggest 'upset' but the meaning from the sentence is that the couple in the story were not deterred (put off) by the jokes other people were making about them becase it didn't make any difference and they simply became even fonder of each other. If you are not deterred by something that happens to you, it suggests that you still continue doing what you did before - it doesn't stop you.

Alan
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[Saneta]

they grew fonder of each other= they became to be fond of each other?
thanks!

[Kitosdad]

they became to be fond of each other?

Not really.

They became fond of each other.

They grew fond of each other.
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[English Teacher]

Hi everyone,
Why not the meaning of " prevent " and not as you say " put of ", because " put off" means: " postpone"
jokes on them didn't prevent them to get married.
Thank you all.
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[Alan]

Hi,

'Prevent suggests that you stop something happening. 'Put off' can mean either 'deter' or postpone.

The football match was postponed/put off to be held later because of the bad weather.

The snow prevented us from getting to the football match.

Alan
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[English Teacher]

Hi Alan,
Thank you for your great efforts, but I meant to say " Joking on the couple didn't prevent them to get married"
Never the less I am satisfied by your interpretation.Thanks again.
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[Alan]

Hi,

Remember that the construction is 'prevent them from getting married.'

Alan
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[English Teacher]

Hi Alan,
Thanks a lot, you see this is my biggest dilemma!!
The using of the prepositions & preps. in the forming of phrasals.
Ahmad
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[Saneta]

They became fond of each other.

They grew fond of each other.

Both sentence mean that they have liked each other?

thanks

[Beeesneees]

Both sentences mean that they liked each other more as time passed.
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