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prevent

/pri-vent/US // prɪˈvɛnt //UK // (prɪˈvɛnt) //

防止,预防,阻止,避免

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
    • : to hinder or stop from doing something: There is nothing to prevent us from going.
    • : Archaic. to act ahead of; forestall.
    • : Archaic. to precede.
    • : Archaic. to anticipate.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to interpose a hindrance: He will come if nothing prevents.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbkeep from happening or continuing
Forms: prevented, preventing, prevents
Synonyms
avert避免,避开,避免了,避免出现avoid避免,避开,避免使用,避免了bar吧台,酒吧,杠杠,栏block块,阻止,阻挡,块状counter柜台,计数器,柜子,柜台的forbid禁止,严禁,不准,禁止使用forestall抢救,抢占先机,抢先,预防halt停住,停顿,停止,驻足hamper阻碍,篮子,阻碍物,篮板hinder阻碍,妨碍,碍,阻碍因素impede阻挡,阻阻,阻挡了,牵制inhibit抑制,阻止,禁止,压制limit限度,限额,限定,限期preclude排除,排除了,排斥,排除干扰prohibit禁止,禁制,违禁,不准put an end to杜绝,杜绝了,消灭,废止restrain克制,拘束,限制,抑制restrict限制,约束,限定,限制性rule out排除,摒弃,排斥,摒除stop停止,停下来,停,停住thwart阻挠,阻挠了,阻碍,阻止ward off抵挡,抵御,挡住,抵制anticipate预计,预期,预测,预见arrest逮捕,拘捕,抓捕,捕获baffle挡板,档板,迷惑,迷惑性balk逡巡不前,巴尔克,逡巡,巴尔干check检查,检查一下chill寒冷的,寒冷,寒意,寒气cool酷,冷却,酷酷的,清凉cork软木,软木塞,科克,木塞counteract抗衡,抗击,抵消,打击dam水坝,大坝,堤坝,坝坝debar扣留,排斥,拒绝接受,拒绝承认foil箔,箔片,箔纸,挫折forfend伪造,伪造的,伪造文件frustrate沮丧,挫折,挫败,沮丧的intercept拦截,截获,截取,截断interdict拦截,阻断,拦阻,阻截interrupt插话,插言,插句,插话进来obstruct阻挠,阻挡,阻碍,妨碍obviate免除,减轻,缓和,缓解repress压迫,压制,镇压,压抑retard迟钝,迟钝的人,迟缓,拖延时间defend against防御,防卫,防范,防守head off头部的hold back扣留,拖后腿,抵制,扣留住hold off抵制,搁置,拖住,隐瞒keep lid on盖上盖子,盖好盖子,盖上盖头,压盖nip in the bud防患于未然,防微杜渐,扼杀在萌芽状态,防患未然put a stop to制止,制止了,杜绝,阻止shut out被拒之门外,封杀,被拒门外,被拒之门外的stave off缓和,避开,延缓,缓期执行turn aside拨开,搁置,撇开,搁置一旁

Examples

  • Wilson and his team of auditors wanted to figure out whether Pymetrics’s anti-bias mechanism does in fact prevent bias and whether it can be fooled.

  • The second is improving the fit of a single surgical mask by knotting the ear loops and tucking in the sides close to the face to prevent air from leaking out around the edges and to form a closer fit.

  • Powell noted that nearly 5 million people said the pandemic prevented them from looking for work in January.

  • His attorney also said that Caldwell has disabilities from his military service that would have prevented him from storming the Capitol.

  • But, unfortunately, with the benefit of hindsight, there’s so many ways that I’ve thought, Oh, wow, I could have prevented violence.

  • Prevent disordered eating, then, and you can prevent eating disorders.

  • If we want to prevent others from your fate, we need to stop being so passive on these issues.

  • Overbearing regulations prevent people from doing their jobs.

  • In 1956, Balenciaga and Givenchy banned the press from viewing their collections for a month to prevent counterfeiting.

  • The NRA opposed a new California law that will help prevent gun deaths, homicides and suicides both.

  • The exertions of the city authorities, who had notice of the meditated riot, were unable to prevent or quell it.

  • To prevent intruders or extruders from withdrawing his mind from the text, he exercises the Inhibitory function of the Attention.

  • This may be called the first day of the revolution, although the object of the meeting was to prevent such a catastrophe.

  • Tom held to his strange belief to 'Let it all come,' he would not try to prevent; he would neither shirk nor dodge.

  • He used every artifice to prevent a collision between the French and Neapolitan troops.