- The verb prevent means "to keep something from happening," like when you use a complicated password to prevent hackers from accessing your account.
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- v. 妨碍，阻止
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1. We must prevent the trouble from spreading.
我们必须防止这个乱子扩大。
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2. The soldiers barricaded the streets to prevent an attack.
士兵们在大街上设置路障，阻止进攻。
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3. The accident could have been prevented.
这次事故本来是可以防止的。
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4. Nothing would prevent him speaking out against injustice.
什么也阻挡不了他为不平之事鸣冤叫屈。
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5. preventable diseases, preventable accidents
可以防止的疾病╱事故
- prevent (v.) early 15c., "act in anticipation of," from Latin praeventus, past participle of praevenire "come before, anticipate, hinder," in Late Latin also "to prevent," from prae "before" (see pre-) + venire "to come," from a suffixed form of PIE root *gwa- "to go, come." Originally literal; sense of "anticipate to hinder" was in Latin, but not recorded in English until 1540s.
pre·vent ★ / prɪˈvent ; NAmE prɪˈvent / verb to stop sb from doing sth; to stop sth from happening 阻止；阻碍；阻挠 preventsth/sb ◆ The accident could have been prevented. 这次事故本来是可以防止的。 preventsb/sth from doing sth ◆ He is prevented by law from holding a licence. 法律不准他持有执照。 ◆ Nothing would prevent him from speaking out against injustice. 什么都不能阻止他鸣不平。 prevent(sb/sth) doing sth ◆ ( BrE) Nothing would prevent him/his speaking out against injustice. 什么也阻挡不了他为不平之事鸣冤叫屈。 ▶ pre·vent·able / prɪˈventəbl ; NAmE prɪˈventəbl / adjective ◆ preventable diseases/accidents 可以防止的疾病╱事故 prevent prevents prevented preventing pre·vent / prɪˈvent ; NAmE prɪˈvent / pre·vent·able / prɪˈventəbl ; NAmE prɪˈventəbl /
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