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preventive adj.预防的；防病的n.预防物；预防性措施 (1) 但是预防的药品由副作用的危险。(2) 无法预料的问题则需要靠预防性措施来补救。(3) 害怕被诬蔑使得人们不愿意采取预防性措施，并使得男女低估其所面临的危险。 When you prevent something, you stop it from happening. Likewise, anything preventive is used to ward off a bad outcome. Wearing a warm coat is preventative: it keeps you from getting cold. Saving your money is preventive because it will keep you from the poorhouse if you lose your job. Most often, this word is used in medicine. Preventive (or preventative) measures keep you from getting sick. Stretching before a workout is preventive, because it can keep you injury-free.

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英 [prɪ'ventɪv] 美 [prɪ'ventɪv] (1) But the preventive drugs have a risk of sidy factsside effects.(2) Preventive actions can offset what were once unforeseen problems.(3) Fear of stigmatization inhibits people from taking preventive measures and leads women and men to assess their own risks inadequately. Anything preventive hinders or stops something, especially diseases. 1[ADJ 形容词]预防性的；防备的 Preventive actions are intended to help prevent things such as disease or crime.   [usu ADJ n]Too much is spent on expensive curative medicine and too little on preventive medicine...在昂贵的治疗性药物上花费太多，在预防性药物上的支出则太少。People accused the ministry of failing to take adequate preventive measures.人们谴责该政府部门未能采取足够的预防措施。

英语单词	preventive
英美音标	英 [prɪ'ventɪv] 美 [prɪ'ventɪv]
中文释义	adj.预防的；防病的 n.预防物；预防性措施
英语例句	(1) But the preventive drugs have a risk of sidy factsside effects. (2) Preventive actions can offset what were once unforeseen problems. (3) Fear of stigmatization inhibits people from taking preventive measures and leads women and men to assess their own risks inadequately.
中文例句	(1) 但是预防的药品由副作用的危险。 (2) 无法预料的问题则需要靠预防性措施来补救。 (3) 害怕被诬蔑使得人们不愿意采取预防性措施，并使得男女低估其所面临的危险。
vocabulary简明	Anything preventive hinders or stops something, especially diseases.
vocabulary扩展	When you prevent something, you stop it from happening. Likewise, anything preventive is used to ward off a bad outcome. Wearing a warm coat is preventative: it keeps you from getting cold. Saving your money is preventive because it will keep you from the poorhouse if you lose your job. Most often, this word is used in medicine. Preventive (or preventative) measures keep you from getting sick. Stretching before a workout is preventive, because it can keep you injury-free.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]预防性的；防备的 Preventive actions are intended to help prevent things such as disease or crime. [usu ADJ n] Too much is spent on expensive curative medicine and too little on preventive medicine... 在昂贵的治疗性药物上花费太多，在预防性药物上的支出则太少。 People accused the ministry of failing to take adequate preventive measures. 人们谴责该政府部门未能采取足够的预防措施。

Preventive Actions People Measures Prevent 英 Prɪ'Ventɪv] 美 Prɪ'Ventɪv