| 单词 | prevent |
| 释义 | pre·vent transitive verb 1. a. archaic b. archaic c. archaic d. archaic 2. archaic 3. < police officials should not prevent police reporters from obtaining the news — Lou Smyth > 4. < one may prevent feeding problems quite as readily as some physical diseases — M.J.E.Senn > < authority … and purposefulness of his manner … prevent the role becoming a minor one — E.R.Bentley > 5. < had to catch his arm to prevent him falling — Claud Cockburn > — often used with from < there is nothing to prevent us from going > 6. obsolete 7. obsolete intransitive verb 1. obsolete 2. < we shall come if nothing prevents > Synonyms: < the surest way to prevent aggression is to remain strong enough to overpower and defeat any who might attack — D.L.Lawrence > < medical science knows how to limit these evils and can do much to prevent their destructiveness — C.W.Eliot > < we can cure disease or prevent it — W.W.Howells > anticipate stresses more the foreseeing of something that will or may take place in the future than the provision for handling it or acting appropriately in relation to it < one must foresee, anticipate and ratify this suggestion, which will inevitably occur — Juan Gris > < my other architectural friends anticipate a great outburst of postwar activity and world-planning — E.M.Forster > < she anticipated that he would also become more exacting in his demands on her time — G.B.Shaw > forestall can mean to stop something from happening or to intercept and stop something in its course, but more usually stresses not a stopping but a rendering of something ineffective or harmless by forehanded action < property owners own out to the edge of the sidewalk, effectively forestalling street widening if they want to — Hal Burton > < to forestall every risk and retain every advantage — New Republic > < a new warning device to forestall surprise attacks by aircraft — I.I.Rabi > Synonyms: < measures taken to prevent disease > < no war was too serious to prevent frequent truces for meals or festivals — R.A.Billington > < by solving it he prevents an innocent man going to the gallows — New Books > preclude implies a situation or condition or measures taken that effectively shut out all possibility of a thing's occurring or a person's doing something < provide the mechanism to assure that atomic energy is used for peaceful purposes and preclude its use in war — B.M.Baruch > < the brevity of his stay would preclude the possibility of his enjoying the school pageant — C.H.Grandgent > < in no way precludes them from having a vital and extraordinary power — Montgomery Belgion > Whereas preclude often suggests the operation of chance, obviate usually implies the use of intelligence or forethought in clearing away (as obstacles) or disposing of (as difficulties) < fruits should be washed in order to obviate hazard to the consumer — R.N.Shreve > < by reciprocally extending rights and privileges to one another's citizens … they may obviate jealousies and promote the general well-being — F.A.Ogg & P.O.Ray > < a single administrator can do much to obviate the confusion which still exists in this field — H.S.Truman > avert and ward (off) always imply the anticipation and deflection or prevention of an approaching or oncoming evil, usually by immediate and effective measures, avert suggesting more active measures to force back, ward (off) implying more defensive measures to avoid or counteract < delegates were sent to a peace conference held at Washington in an effort to avert hostilities — American Guide Series: North Carolina > < men seeking to avert a revolution they do not understand with weapons they don't know how to wield — H.J.Laski > < despite the increased chances for respiratory illness during the winter, there are many things you can do to help ward this off — advt > < most of the time he did not feel this, he warded off the possibility of feeling it — Marcia Davenport > |
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