prevent

prevent
/prɪ`vєnt/
(过去式: prevented; 过去完成式: prevented; 现在进行式: preventing)
v.t.
To stop or keep from happening. 防止；使不发生。
- His act prevented an accident. 他的举动防止了一桩意外。
To hinder, obstruct, or impede. 阻挠；阻碍；制止。
- Illness prevented him form going out. = Illness prevented him [his] going out. 疾病使他无法外出。
To go or arrive before. 【古】先行或先到达。
习语:
prevent defense （美式足球）预防式防守阵。
cf.
To prevent is to stop or keep from happening. Prevent 指阻止或使不发生：
- Caution prevented the accident. 因谨慎而避免了意外之事。
To hinder is to prevent, but usually only for a time; the idea of delay is present in this work. Hinder 指暂时阻止，有延滞之意：
- Bad weather hindered the builders. 天不佳阻滞建筑业者。
Obstruct means to place something in the way of accomplishment; it is often applied to the checking of important actions. Obstruct 指放置障碍物使之不利进行，常指制止重要之举动而言：
- The path of the army was obstructed by barricades. 军队前进之路为防寨所阻。
衍生词:
adj. preventable; preventible, n. preventer.
同义词:
hinder, obstruct.

- 英语>简体中文, 美语词典

prevent
/prɪˈvent/
vt.
1. (avoid) [+ war, wastage, fires] 阻止；防止；避免； [+ disease, pregnancy, deaths, accidents] 预防；防范；避免；规避
- measures to prevent the wastage of water 防止浪费水资源的措施
- These methods prevent pregnancy. 这些方法可以避孕。
- Exercise helps prevent heart disease. 体育锻炼有助于预防心脏病。
- The UN still hopes to prevent war. 联合国仍然希望阻止战争发生。
- Many accidents could be prevented if motorists would slow down. 如果开车的人放慢速度, 很多交通事故都是可以避免的。
2. (stop) 阻止；阻挡；制止；妨碍
to prevent sb from doing sth or to prevent sb doing sth 阻止某人做某事；制止某人做某事
- He said this would prevent companies from creating new jobs. 他说这会妨碍公司创设新的工作岗位。
- The police have been trying to prevent them carrying weapons. 警方一直在设法阻止他们携带武器。
- Only rain can prevent us from winning. 只有下雨才会妨碍我们取胜。
to prevent sth from doing sth or to prevent sth doing sth 阻止…做…
- We aim to prevent wild animals from suffering terrible cruelty. 我们的目的是阻止野生动物遭受骇人暴行的荼毒。
to prevent sth from happeningorto prevent sth happening
[+ accident, disaster] 阻止某事发生；防止某事发生
- a safe mechanism which would prevent accidents happening 一套防止事故发生的安全机制
[+ possibility] 预防发生…
- We recognized the possibility and took steps to prevent it happening. 我们发现了苗头之后, 便采取了措施防患于未然。

- 英语>简体中文, 英汉大词典

prevent
/prɪˈvent/
vt. prevents preventing prevented
阻止，阻碍
防止，预防

- 英语>简体中文, 高中课标词汇

prevent
n. 防止，预防，阻止

- 英语>简体中文, 中医大词典

prevent
v. 防止，预防
【根】ven, vent＝to come（来到）
【根】pre-=before

- 英语>简体中文, 英文字根词典

prevent
v. 防止，预防

- 英语>简体中文, 计算机词典

prevent
v.（动词） pre.vent.ed, pre.vent.ing, pre.vents
v.tr.（及物动词）
1. To keep from happening: 预防：使防止发生：
- took steps to prevent the strike. 采取步骤避免罢工
2. To keep (someone) from doing something; impede: 阻碍：使（某人）不做某事；阻挠：
- prevented us from winning. 阻挠我们获胜
3. Archaic To anticipate or counter in advance. 【古语】 预先应付：事先预料或遇到
4. Archaic To come before; precede. 【古语】 在…之前：在…之前来；先于
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To present an obstacle: 阻挠，阻止：呈现出阻碍：
- There will be a picnic if nothing prevents. 如果没有特别的情况，我们将举行野餐

- 英语>简体中文, 美国传统词典

prevent
vt. 防止，阻止

- 英语>简体中文, 英汉化学大词典

prevent
预防

- 英语>简体中文, 英汉计算机词汇

prevent
v. 防止，阻止，避免

- 英语>简体中文, 英汉法学大辞典

prevent
v.
(1) 阻止；制止；妨碍
(2) 预防；防止

- 英语>简体中文, 英美法词典

prevent
vt.
预防
- Vitamin C is supposed to prevent colds. 维生素C可以预防感冒。
vt. & vi.
阻止
- We shall come tomorrow if nothing prevents. 如没有什么阻碍的话, 我们明天来。
- Nobody can prevent our getting married. 谁也阻止不了我们结婚。

- 英语>简体中文, 简明英汉词典

prevent¹
(verb 动词)
防止
to prevent a mishap. 防止灾祸。
SYNONYM 同义词:anticipate, avert,avoid, foil, forestall, frustrate, [informal日常用语] head off, [informal日常用语] help (I can’t help coughing我忍不住要咳嗽), inoculate against(a disease)作预防疾病的注射, intercept, [informal日常用语] nip in the bud, pre-empt, stave off,take precautions against, thwart, ward off.
OPPOSITES: SEE 反义词参阅encourage.
阻止
to prevent someone from doing something. 阻止某人做某事。
SYNONYM 同义词:check, curb, deter, hamper,hinder, impede, obstruct, save, stop.
OPPOSITES: SEE 反义词参阅help verb 动词.

- 英语>简体中文, 英语同义词词典

prevent¹
vt.
防止, 预防
阻止[挡], 制止; 妨碍(from)
[古]领先; 先做; 预先应付(问题)
【宗】引领
- prevent diseases 预防疾病
- What [Who] prevented him from going [prevented his going, prevented him going]? 什么事[谁]阻止了他去?

prevent²
vi.
妨碍; 阻止
- We shall come tomorrow if nothing prevents. 如果没有什么阻碍的话, 我们明天会来。

继承用法
preventability
n.
可预防性, 可制止性
preventable,preventible
adj.
可阻止的; 可预防的
prevent...from
使...不做某事, 阻止...做某事

参考词汇
<a href="bword://prevent">prevent</a>;<a href="bword://forestall">forestall</a>;<a href="bword://preclude">preclude</a>;
都含“阻止”的意思。
prevent 指“采取预先行动或用障碍物使不发生或停止”, 如:
- prevent diseases 预防疾病。
forestall 指“先采取行动以阻止别人做某事”、“先发制人”, 如:
- Try to forestall their questions. 尽量不让他们问问题(作到先发制人)。
preclude 指“阻止某人做某事”、“使不可能发生某事”, 如:
- The bad weather precluded me from attending the meeting. 恶劣的天气使我不能出席会议。

英语>简体中文, 现代英汉综合大辞典

prevent
妨礙

- 英语>繁体中文(香港), 英汉法律词汇

prevent
阻止

- 英语>繁体中文(香港), 英汉法律词汇

prevent
防止

- 英语>繁体中文(香港), 英汉法律词汇

prevent
/prɪˈvɛnt/
(preventing, prevented,prevents)
1. 及物动词 To prevent something means to ensure that it does not happen. 预防
- These methods prevent pregnancy. 这些方法预防怀孕。
- Further treatment will prevent cancer from developing. 进一步治疗将预防癌症恶化。
2. prevention 不可数名词 预防
- ...the prevention of heart disease. …心脏病的预防。
3. 及物动词 To prevent someone from doing something means to make it impossible for them to do it. 阻止
- He said this would prevent companies from creating new jobs. 他说这将阻止各公司创造新的职位。
- Its nationals may be prevented from leaving the country. 其公民可能会被阻止离开该国。

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