Its assumption is that punishments serve a function of determent.

这种偏见假定惩罚起起到威慑的作用.

When you must decline a request, determent in advance exactly what you will say.

必须拒绝请求时，应事先确定要说些什么。

Potential problem of celebrity status is not much of a determent to those seeking limelight.

成名带来的潜在问题不会使那些寻求名人地位的人却步.