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preventative

/pri-ven-tiv/US // prɪˈvɛn tɪv //UK // (prɪˈvɛntɪv) //

预防性,预防性的,防范性,防治性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Medicine/Medical. of or noting a drug, vaccine, etc., for preventing disease; prophylactic.
    • : serving to prevent or hinder: preventive measures.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Medicine/Medical. a drug or other substance for preventing disease.
    • : a preventive agent or measure.

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Examples

  • The observed decrease in older adults is likely due to preventive screening, which is recommended and advocated for people over 50 and has been undertaken by a larger fraction of the population.

  • Small wonder California’s fire ethos has much more in common with a field surgeon wielding a bone saw than a preventive medicine specialist with a tray full of vaccines.

  • Smartphones, laptops, smart watches, tablets, and smart speakers track vocal patterns and detect changes in health, enabling preventive, proactive self-care.

  • The government’s own figures say there were 5,116 “preventive arrests,” but campaigners do not believe this accounts for everybody.

  • While ambulances are useful in a pandemic, “we realized there was the option to help with preventive measures,” says Emily Young ’18, the organization’s cofounder and executive director.

  • If you know that you get less joyous in winter months, you have to start a preventative approach.

  • He also seizes the opportunity to do public outreach, educating locals on HIV and AIDS as well as preventative methods.

  • While medications have improved, the use of preventative drugs like Truvada remains hotly debated.

  • Crow explained that his site put preventative measures in place to preclude trolls from reigning.

  • The law outlines what such preventative care encompasses and includes contraception.

  • I believe, my dear friends, that I have given you a sufficient preventative against all these follies.

  • Pieces of consecrated bread carried home and preserved is a preventative against the bite of a mad dog.

  • The only real preventative is to arrange that the men do not remain deep in mud or cold water for prolonged periods.

  • From here we were to take tea in the boiler to certain regiments, tea with wine in it as preventative against cholera.

  • That the climate itself is a preventative of consumption is evidenced in the fact that phthisis does not originate here.