preventibleadj.

Brit.

/prᵻˈvɛntᵻbl/, U.S.

/priˈvɛn(t)əb(ə)l/,

/prəˈvɛn(t)əb(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prevent v., -ible suffix.

Etymology: < prevent v. + -ible suffix. Compare earlier preventable adj. (the standard form), and also slightly earlier unpreventible adj..

= preventable adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [adjective] > prevented or checked > able to be

preventable1602

preventible1637

1637 T. Jackson Three Serm. before King 44 in Diverse Serm. All this evill came upon her not by observation; it was not preventible by any forecast or policy.

1790 J. Bentham Draught Judicial Establishment in France iv. 18 Look over your list of law-expences: take any article in it you please: either it is preventible or unpreventible... If preventible, why will you not prevent it?

1840 Times 23 Nov. 3/4 A considerable proportion of other cases of sickness and mortality..the physicians and medical officers..consider to be preventible by the enforcement of proper sanitary regulations.

1885 Manch. Examiner 8 May 4/7 A large loss of life..which was in a great degree preventible and ought to be prevented.

1920 M. Beer Hist. Brit. Socialism II. iv. xxi. 396 Poverty was altogether an unnecessary and preventible evil.

1977 Lancet 24 Sept. 667/2 Maternal smoking during pregnancy thus emerges as the most important single preventible determinant of low birthweights.

2004 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 4 Jan. 7 The death of [a] child is an unspeakable tragedy, and even more so when the loss was preventible.

Derivatives

preventiˈbility n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > capability of being prevented

preventability1851

preventibility1890

1890 Times 30 Aug. 11/6 Until now discussions on the preventibility of diphtheria have been vain, owing to a deplorable want of precision.

1973 Lima (Ohio) News 27 May d4 (advt.) Defensive driving course... Learn how to think in terms of preventibility.

1998 N.Y. Law Jrnl. (Nexis) 22 Dec. 1 In the view of the majority, the ‘supposed preventibility’ of drownings by the ‘use of shoring’ the trench is ‘too speculative’ to satisfy the standard of criminal recklessness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	preventible
释义	preventibleadj. Brit. /prᵻˈvɛntᵻbl/, U.S. /priˈvɛn(t)əb(ə)l/, /prəˈvɛn(t)əb(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prevent v., -ible suffix. Etymology: < prevent v. + -ible suffix. Compare earlier preventable adj. (the standard form), and also slightly earlier unpreventible adj.. = preventable adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [adjective] > prevented or checked > able to be preventable1602 preventible1637 1637 T. Jackson Three Serm. before King 44 in Diverse Serm. All this evill came upon her not by observation; it was not preventible by any forecast or policy. 1790 J. Bentham Draught Judicial Establishment in France iv. 18 Look over your list of law-expences: take any article in it you please: either it is preventible or unpreventible... If preventible, why will you not prevent it? 1840 Times 23 Nov. 3/4 A considerable proportion of other cases of sickness and mortality..the physicians and medical officers..consider to be preventible by the enforcement of proper sanitary regulations. 1885 Manch. Examiner 8 May 4/7 A large loss of life..which was in a great degree preventible and ought to be prevented. 1920 M. Beer Hist. Brit. Socialism II. iv. xxi. 396 Poverty was altogether an unnecessary and preventible evil. 1977 Lancet 24 Sept. 667/2 Maternal smoking during pregnancy thus emerges as the most important single preventible determinant of low birthweights. 2004 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 4 Jan. 7 The death of [a] child is an unspeakable tragedy, and even more so when the loss was preventible. Derivatives preventiˈbility n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > capability of being prevented preventability1851 preventibility1890 1890 Times 30 Aug. 11/6 Until now discussions on the preventibility of diphtheria have been vain, owing to a deplorable want of precision. 1973 Lima (Ohio) News 27 May d4 (advt.) Defensive driving course... Learn how to think in terms of preventibility. 1998 N.Y. Law Jrnl. (Nexis) 22 Dec. 1 In the view of the majority, the ‘supposed preventibility’ of drownings by the ‘use of shoring’ the trench is ‘too speculative’ to satisfy the standard of criminal recklessness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1637
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