单词 | prevent |
释义 | prevent[pri'vent]vt. 预防, 防止, 阻止, 妨碍vi. 预防, 防止, 阻止, 妨碍【经】 避免 prevent pre.vent AHD: [pr¹-vµnt“] D.J. [pr!6vent]K.K. [pr!6vWnt]v.(动词) pre.vent.ed,pre.vent.ing,pre.vents v.tr.(及物动词)1. To keep from happening:预防:使防止发生:took steps to prevent the strike.采取步骤避免罢工2. To keep (someone) from doing something; impede:阻碍:使(某人)不做某事;阻挠:prevented us from winning.阻挠我们获胜3. Archaic To anticipate or counter in advance.【古语】 预先应付:事先预料或遇到4. Archaic To come before; precede.【古语】 在…之前:在…之前来;先于v.intr.(不及物动词)To present an obstacle:阻挠,阻止:呈现出阻碍:There will be a picnic if nothing prevents.如果没有特别的情况,我们将举行野餐语源:1. Middle English preventen [to anticipate] 中古英语 preventen [预料,预期] 2. from Latin praeven&9{ºre} praevent- 源自 拉丁语 praeven&9{ºre} praevent- 3. prae- [pre-] prae- [前缀,在…之前] 4. ven&9{ºre} [to come] * see g w³- ven&9{ºre} [来] *参见 g w³- 继承用法:prevent”abil“ity 或 n.(名词)prevent”ibil“ity prevent“able 或 adj.(形容词)prevent“ible prevent“er n.(名词)参考词汇:1. prevent,preclude,avert,obviate,forestall2. These verbs mean to stop or hinder something from happening, especially by advance planning or action.这些动词是指停止或阻挠某事的发生,尤指以预先的计划或行动来阻挠3. Prevent implies anticipatory counteraction: Prevent 指预先阻止: Only quick thinking on the pilot's part averted a disastrous accident.只有这位飞行员的机智才能阻止这样可怕事件的发生。4. Obviate implies that something,such as a difficulty, has been anticipated and disposed of effectively: Obviate 暗指某物,如困难已经被预料到且被有效地排除掉: “the objections . . . having . . . been obviated in the preceding chapter” (Joseph Butler).“反对意见…已经…在前一段时间被排除了” (约瑟夫·巴特勒)。5. Forestall usually suggests anticipatory measures taken to counteract, neutralize, or nullify the effects of something: Forestall 通常指预先采取措施来消除,中和或抵消某事的后果: We installed an alarm system to forestall break-ins. 我们安装了一套警报系统来预防小偷的闯入 |
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