n.

1. 威懾；制止；妨礙[U]
   For too long children with special needs were completely isolated from other children, often to their determent.

   有特殊需求的兒童與其他兒童完全隔離已經太久了，這對他們通常是妨礙。

2. 威懾物；制止物[C]
   Potential problems of celebrity status are not much of a determent to those seeking limelight.

   成名帶來的潛在問題不會使那些尋求名人地位的人卻步。