| 释义 |
prevent verb—防 v (almost always used) 防止 v (often used) Examples:hold sth back (and prevent it being known)—prevent heatstroke and reduce temperature—If you can't do anything prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.—not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents—kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret—prevent (forward progress)—lit. punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again—lie across the railway tracks (to commit suicide or to prevent trains from getting through)—lit. punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition—prevent troubles before the event (idiom); to forestall—ten thousand deaths will not prevent me (idiom); ready risk life and limb to help out—lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten)—prevent or treat a disease—a financial loss may prevent disaster [idiom.]—prevent a disaster before the event (idiom); to nip sth. in the bud—frugality in order prevent destitution [idiom.]—drive away demons to prevent calamity [idiom.]— |