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prevent v.预防；防止，阻止；挡住 (1) 科学家们正试图找到预防疾病的方法。(2) 防止犯罪是警察的职责。(3) 什么也无法阻挡我们去实施这个计划。(4) 一定要找到办法防止有毒气体污染空气。 Prevent comes from the Latin word praeventus, meaning "to act in anticipation of," like when you shovel the icy, snow-covered sidewalk to prevent people from falling. Prevent can also mean "to make impossible," like when a school locks the doors during a dance to prevent kids from leaving without their parents knowing.

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英 [prɪ'vent] 美 [prɪ'vent] (1) Scientists are trying to find ways to prevent disease.(2) It is the job of the police to prevent crime.(3) Nothing can prevent us from carrying out the plan.(4) Ways must be found to prevent the poisonous gases from polluting the air. The verb prevent means "to keep something from happening," like when you use a complicated password to prevent hackers from accessing your account. 1[VERB 动词]防止；预防；阻止 To prevent something means to ensure that it does not happen.   [V n]  [V n from -ing]  [V n -ing]These methods prevent pregnancy...这些方法能防止怀孕。Further treatment  will prevent cancer from developing...进一步的治疗将阻止癌症恶化。We recognized the possibility and took steps to prevent it happening.我们认识到了这种可能性，并且采取了一些预防措施。prevention...the prevention of heart disease.预防心脏病...crime prevention.防止犯罪2[VERB 动词]阻止；制止；阻碍 To prevent someone from doing something means to make it impossible for them to do it. →see usage note at:avoid  [V n from -ing]  [V n -ing]  [Also V n]He said this would prevent companies from creating new jobs...他说这将使公司无法创造新的工作机会。Its nationals may be prevented from leaving the country...其国民可能会被禁止出境。The police have been trying to prevent them carrying weapons.警方一直都设法阻止他们携带武器。

英语单词	prevent
英美音标	英 [prɪ'vent] 美 [prɪ'vent]
中文释义	v.预防；防止，阻止；挡住
英语例句	(1) Scientists are trying to find ways to prevent disease. (2) It is the job of the police to prevent crime. (3) Nothing can prevent us from carrying out the plan. (4) Ways must be found to prevent the poisonous gases from polluting the air.
中文例句	(1) 科学家们正试图找到预防疾病的方法。 (2) 防止犯罪是警察的职责。 (3) 什么也无法阻挡我们去实施这个计划。 (4) 一定要找到办法防止有毒气体污染空气。
vocabulary简明	The verb prevent means "to keep something from happening," like when you use a complicated password to prevent hackers from accessing your account.
vocabulary扩展	Prevent comes from the Latin word praeventus, meaning "to act in anticipation of," like when you shovel the icy, snow-covered sidewalk to prevent people from falling. Prevent can also mean "to make impossible," like when a school locks the doors during a dance to prevent kids from leaving without their parents knowing.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]防止；预防；阻止 To prevent something means to ensure that it does not happen. [V n] [V n from -ing] [V n -ing] These methods prevent pregnancy... 这些方法能防止怀孕。 Further treatment will prevent cancer from developing... 进一步的治疗将阻止癌症恶化。 We recognized the possibility and took steps to prevent it happening. 我们认识到了这种可能性，并且采取了一些预防措施。 prevention ...the prevention of heart disease. 预防心脏病 ...crime prevention. 防止犯罪 2 [VERB 动词]阻止；制止；阻碍 To prevent someone from doing something means to make it impossible for them to do it. →see usage note at:avoid [V n from -ing] [V n -ing] [Also V n] He said this would prevent companies from creating new jobs... 他说这将使公司无法创造新的工作机会。 Its nationals may be prevented from leaving the country... 其国民可能会被禁止出境。 The police have been trying to prevent them carrying weapons. 警方一直都设法阻止他们携带武器。

Prevent [V N Ing Means Ways Disease Police