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preventable

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

可预防的,可预防,可防止的,可避免的

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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.

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Examples

  • Sticking RNA-based vaccines in the blast freezer prevents such enzymes from tearing apart the RNA and rendering the vaccine inert.

  • Public health experts are raising alarms about a study that some conservatives claim reveals that masks are ineffective at preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus.

  • The number of new cases had decreased over the weekend, Rooks said, but the number grew again early this week, which prevented the Terps from returning to practice.

  • The lawsuit is a last-ditch effort to prevent her own deportation.

  • Unlike traditional computers, which allow software to be downloaded from websites, iPhones are locked down to prevent that installation method.

  • Infectious diseases are (a) infectious and (b) preventable with a simple shot.

  • Tragically, as we deliberate, another day of preventable carnage will come and go.

  • Currently, outbreaks of vaccine-preventable illnesses are limited in scope.

  • Overdose deaths have now become the leading cause of preventable death in the United States.

  • A new study by the Centers for Disease Control ranks the potentially preventable deaths across all 50 states.

  • Much of the damage is preventable through properly constructed boxes.

  • Symptoms unfavourable, and ultimate collapse preventable only by speedy change of scene.

  • But the black fogs of London are mist soaked with preventable coal smoke; their evils have been recognised from the first.

  • Hence, from various preventable causes, the vast numbers of young unmarried women crowding public places of resort.

  • Imperfect lighting of rooms in which children study or play is one of the chief among these preventable causes.