| 释义 |
prevent/priˈvent/v. tr. 1 (often foll. by 常后跟 from + verbal noun) stop from happening or doing something; hinder; make impossible 防止；阻止；妨碍；使不可能 the weather prevented me from going 天气使得我不能去 2 archaic go or arrive before, precede [古义]先去；先到；预先 □ preventable adj. (also 亦作 preventible)□ preventability /-təˈbiliti/ n. (also 亦作 preventibility)□ preventer n.□ prevention n.[Middle English = anticipate, from Latin praevenire praevent- ‘come before, hinder’ (as PRAE-, venire ‘come’)]■ Usage 用法说明 The use of prevent in sense 1 without from, as in prevented me going, is informal. An acceptable alternative is prevented my going. 释义 1 的 prevent 使用时不带 from, 如 prevented me going (不让我去), 被看作是非正式的用法。可接受的替换用法为 prevented my going 。 |