| 单词 | preventable |
| 释义 | preventable (prɪventəbəl ) adjective Preventable diseases, illnesses, or deaths could be stopped from occurring. Forty-thousand children a day die from preventable diseases. Most common health upsets that spoil a holiday are easily preventable. Collocations: entirely preventable Her case was revealed in a council report, which showed a quarter of under fives in the city suffer 'entirely preventable' tooth decay. The Sun It was an entirely preventable crime. The Sun There are very few conditions in medicine that are entirely preventable. Times, Sunday Times Heat-related casualties are largely preventable, though. Times, Sunday Times It added that pollution was 'largely preventable'. The Sun These largely preventable incidents should never happen if the right measures are in place. The Sun Smoking remains the single biggest preventable cause of premature death. Times, Sunday Times Perhaps the most preventable cause of damage to these reflexes originates from smoking. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Specific cases may be investigated more closely if a preventable cause has been identified. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Age charities reckon that 30,000 older people die from preventable causes during severe winters. Times, Sunday Times A sedentary lifestyle can contribute to many preventable causes of death. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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